Holidays From Home
Happy New Year! I have a good feeling about 2011, don’t you? Yes, yes. We’ve all been saying that since the year 2000. But this time it’s true. It’s going to happen for us.
Now that Jessie has died, I have vowed to be more adventurous this year (i.e. try to leave the house more than once a week), though finances and work commitments mean that I’ll be continuing my series of holidays from home.
Holidays from home can be enjoyed in two ways:
1) Stay at home but behave as though you’re on holiday – go out and about to interesting local events, eat unfamiliar food, take photographs, learn a new skill, take risks, make friends.
2) Stay at home, read up on all the wonderful events taking place around the world and imagine that you’re participating without actually leaving the house.
Option 1 is cheap
Option 2 is very cheap
and you don’t have to leave pets unattended at home.
For 2011, I’d like to invite you to join me using Option 2. Let’s all holiday from home together*. Please feel free to leave a comment to tell me how it was for you. Since we’ll be imagining it, you can tell me how it was even before the event has taken place. Time travel is allowed.
On Monday 3rd, if the skies are clear, I’ll be visiting Hampstead Observatory some time after 6pm to gaze at the stars and admire the conjunction of Jupiter and Uranus.
On Tuesday 4th, if the skies are clear, I’ll be standing on Parliament Hill with my solar-filtered** telescope to watch the partial solar eclipse at 8.10 am. (Note, this early morning event is likely to be Option 2.)
Happy New Year. Happy Holidays
* For news of local events, I shall be relying heavily on Ian Visits weekly email
** Even in my imagination, I will not look directly into the sun.
*** More sky-watching news here
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