This autumn, we are all going to be embracing the Scandinavian concept of hygge*, with its emphasis on the delights of small pleasures slowly taken, as this sweet, inspiring book describes. It’s all about candlelight, wood piles, open fires, warm socks, felt slippers and cosy blankets – the kind of treaty things that provide a welcome refuge against the long, dark days and nights of winters. Hygge is not all about sequestering yourself away until spring reappears, though; it’s also about cherishing the magic of autumn and winter – from wild walks along stormy beaches to stargazing in clear winter skies to celebrating the year’s first frost – and then coming home to butternut squash soup and vanilla-scented biscuits shared with family and friends.
(Summersdale)
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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, September 2016 - Issue 51