Pure Living After Sixty: November Newsletter. The dark evenings are coming. Here’s how to make them yours.
Hello, and welcome to November. The clocks have gone back, the evenings arrive before you’ve finished your tea, and the garden looks like it’s packing up for the winter. It’s easy to read all that as a signal to slow down and stay in. I’d like to suggest something gentler and a bit more stubborn: let the season set the scene, but don’t let it write the whole script. This month’s newsletter is short and practical. Three small things, one recipe, and a thought to carry through the cold weeks. Move: get your daylight early In winter, daylight is the one thing you can’t take for granted, and it matters more than most of us realise. A walk in the morning, even a short one, does a surprising amount of quiet work. It gives your body a clear sense that the day has started, lifts your mood, and makes the evening feel like an evening rather than a long afternoon that never ends. So, here’s the plan for November: twenty minutes outside before lunch, most days. ...
