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Slept in very late (for me) today. Almost 9 am. I think I am definitely hunkering down for the autumn–winter months. Wanting more sleep. Craving stodgy food. Looking for blankets and a sofa, rather than being out and about.
I thought I might grab a coffee and read my book in town yesterday (the weather had stopped calling me to a walk), but in the end I rushed round doing the bit of shopping I needed to do and got home as quick as I could. And read my book in the armchair instead. Because town was too busy and did not feel inviting. A busyness that, in the summer amd spring, I would find welcoming and attractive.
Time, I think, to lean into hibernation and hygge mode.
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