This morning my mind was working over the implications of the phrase "honest as the day is long" and I asked myself the very question does that mean we're more honest in summer. I've since found this, with some amusing answers:
http://www.smh.com.au/news/big-questions/if-someone-is-as-honest-as-the-day-is-long-are-they-more-honest-insummer/2008/05/16/1210765144784.html
Apparently it's to do with "day" rather than daylight, but I did wonder if we are more likely to be honest in the light than the shadows or nightfall. And I like the concept that when it's light/hot we wear less clothing so are more exposed. You know me, I'm all for exposure - tho never literally, I like my scarves and cardis too much. I don't really understand the pull to hide - if who we really are, warts, flaws and all, are not wanted then maybe that's not the right place for us to be anyway. But that's me. We're all different and I can understand the argument that a wart under a plaster is maybe safer for everyone.
Today I have also discovered that denouement is to do with untangling of knots rather than a revealing in a becoming naked kind of way. Funny how you think you know something and it turns out you have the gist but actually not the right thing at all.
I've also been making space helmets out of card, tissue and polythene pockets. It's been an interesting day so far :D
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