Dogshit Moon

[vulgarweed]

That's what a friend of mine calls it, because as soon as those huge berms of gray snow on the sidewalks melt, all the dog shit and trash that's been frozen under them for weeks becomes all too visible and all too thawed.

The advent of Dogshit Moon is usually accompanied by gloomy overcast skies and weather that's really far shittier than actual pretty winter snow (freezing rain, sleet, more rain, more ice, more sleet, wet snow that turns to slush immediately, etc).

Dogshit Moon is a very good time for unpacking boxes from recent moves, facing the reality of overdue bills, ignoring one's text messages, cleaning litter boxes, and thinking about how much better one's circumstances are going to look in the near future.

Comments

[irisbleufic.livejournal.com]

That's all of winter in the UK, more or less.

[ithilwen.livejournal.com]

No dogshit here; instead we have small mountains of dirty black cinders all over the sidewalks and curbs. Bleck!

It's my theory that the general messiness of the outdoors at this time of year is what inspires so many of us to clean up the inside of our dwellings. We can't do much about the mess outside, so instead we tackle the mess inside!