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Philip Larkin
Days
What are days for?
Days are where we live.
They come, they wake us
Time and time over.
They are to be happy in:
Where can we live but days?
Ah, solving that question
Brings the priest and the doctor
In their long coats
Running over the fields.
- Philip Larkin
It's no secret that Friday is my favorite day; among other reasons, I get to host MOT on Fridays. But I also like endings for some reason. Therein lies a certain finality that makes the journey or story or even my week not just finite but reviewable and subject to judgment. I had a good week, as it turns out. A couple projects were closed out and two were added to the board: progress, such a good thing sometimes.
Anyway, the etymology of "Friday" is a pretty interesting one, even as it comes to us in English:
The name Friday comes from the Old English Frīġedæġ, meaning the "day of Frigg", a result of an old convention associating the Old English goddess Frigg with the Roman goddess Venus, with whom the day is associated in many different cultures. The same holds for Frīatag in Old High German, Freitag in Modern German and vrijdag in Dutch.
Frigg, while Odin's wife and the goddess of foreknowledge and wisdom, is probably more familiar as Thor's mother. I like the idea that Friday is named for a goddess of wisdom (Venus in Latin languages), as if some special knowledge comes only when something has ended, as has my morning musings.
Enjoy your Friday and may you have a wonderful weekend.
Grab your coffee and pull up a chair. Do you have a favorite day?