back and forth conversations and collaborations through the years
Like many other people who celebrate Christmas, wonder | wander | women changed plans this year to celebrate at home. Like many other Filipinos, we're used to spending the holidays away from our families, and have our own long-distance traditions.
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| My favourite window: sun in the daytime, Christmas lights at night |
Last week our alpha sibling sent us a NatGeo article on the history behind the holiday tradition of Christmas trees.
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| The Rockefeller Tree had a stowaway owl this year |
wonder | wander | women agree it's a strange tradition and we adore it anyway. Every December, people in regions around the world head to the nearest forest, chop down a tree, drag it into their homes, adorn it with lights, baubles, and tinsel—then unceremoniously drag it to the curb in January.
At the beginning of lockdown it seemed like everyone was focused on learning something. Banana and sourdough bread, painting classes, new languages... people stuck at home wanted something new to occupy their minds.
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| Japanese vocabulary with Duolingo |
In past years this is the time when wonder | wander | women usually fly back to spend the holidays in our home island of Negros, in the Philippines.
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| local sugarcane plantations are sadly being replaced by subdivisions |
As we prefer not to risk it in these COVID times, we are made acutely aware of missing it this time. Fortunately, a new website launched recently highlights major Negrosanon arts and cultures, heritage and handicrafts, people and food.
The days are damp and darkening and I've been feeling a little damp and darkening myself lately, so I went out in the garden with a hot cup of coffee first thing in the morning.
