eileen chengyin chow<p>Today marks the beginning of the 23rd of 24 micro-seasons: "Lesser Cold" <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/%E5%B0%8F%E5%AF%92" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>小寒</span></a>, marking entry into the chilliest period of the year (小寒大寒,滴水成冰). </p><p>More precisely, we are in Lesser Cold's first pentad, "When Wild Geese Fly Northward" <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/%E9%9B%81%E5%8C%97%E9%84%89" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>雁北鄉</span></a>. Bundle up, and with homeward thoughts!</p><p>[Detail, 芦雁図 Reeds and Geese, 鉄舟徳済 Tesshū Tokusai, 1343 -The Met]</p>