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Eve's avatar

Sisu is all I have.

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sonja ringo's avatar

it’s so important <3

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GELFY's avatar

Love this Ringy! So true, Cold is the chilly essence that allows us to bear witness to the raw power of Nature and that we must adapt to in order to survive and thrive XO

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sonja ringo's avatar

thanks for reading this my Gelfy!!! and u know what they say….

TURN OFF THE COLD!!!

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Stephen Ringo's avatar

Thanks for the international comparison of word numbers for ice. I remember feeling sorry for my car in Minnesota winters, that I expected it to start and even operate.

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sonja ringo's avatar

i feel sorry for your car in Minnesota now too (rip car). i think capitalism shouldn’t expect humans to start or operate in winter either lmaoooo

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Stephen Ringo's avatar

It probably predates capitalism. :) The ages of kings and pharaohs and emperors?

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sonja ringo's avatar

True… human existence in general ⚰️

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EVELYN's avatar

this is wondrous and enchanting, i love it x

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sonja ringo's avatar

oh my gosh that’s so kind of you! thank you!

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jennae's avatar

this is beautiful!!

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sonja ringo's avatar

thank you!! me and the cold have a love/hate relationship that leans toward the latter so i thought it would help if I spoke of Cold lovingly for a moment hehe

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David Kirkby's avatar

Yep. That's cold! Lovely pics....

It's 9:00 am in my part of Australia and already 27 degrees C (80 F), even though it's been raining, so it's hard to imagine the cold where you are.... Stay warm!

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sonja ringo's avatar

Even just imagining 27 degrees makes me feel warm and fuzzy ahahah thank youuuu so much

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wildflower's avatar

Beautiful post. And I love the pics! 🥰

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sonja ringo's avatar

Thank you dear one!! Writing this helped me work through all the feels that this cold snap has brought up. I appreciate you reading it <33

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wildflower's avatar

🤍🤍🤍

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Ken LéMarchand's avatar

I love your perspective on winter! Gives me the sisu I need to face this year's cold days ahead. I will certainly try my darnedest to keep the positive vibes.

I should also mention that I adore your description of putting on more clothing like it is battle armor. So we'll put!

Hope the cold is kind to you, friend! 🩵

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sonja ringo's avatar

hoping the cold is kind to you this year, too!! we have the Sisu within to get us through heheh <3 thanks so much for reading! the battle armour vibes are so real lately ahah SO MANY LAYERS

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Mike Speriosu's avatar

Beautiful, sonja. Thanks for teaching me about sisu. My undergrad advisor was Finnish. Remarkable guy. He had a slight accent but he was so attuned to the sound of language that he could turn on like a Midwestern American accent. Cute pup!

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sonja ringo's avatar

Thanks for reading, Mike! Sisu is a really cool concept to dive into.. I love how in other languages there will be one word for something that, in English, is a whole sentence or multiple sentences.. fascinating. The Finnish accent is so unique! I love that ur advisor was able to turn on the midwest accent ahahah that’s impressive. my mom to this day struggles to pronounce some English words like “iron” for example ahaha

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