Etymology: To winter means to stay or reside in a given place through the coldest season of the year. It also refers to the act of preserving something through those months. Gardeners do their best to winter their cauliflowers, and grandparents winter in Palm Beach. The word was given new meaning by author and journalist Katherine May in her 2020 memoir, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times. In her metaphorical usage, wintering refers not merely to This story is from Kinfolk Issue Forty-Six Buy Now Related Stories Arts & Culture Issue 51 WORD: CRINGE A foray into the awkward. Arts & Culture Issue 50 Word: Dupe On the next best thing. Arts & Culture Issue 49 Word: Zeitgeber A new treatise on time. Arts & Culture Issue 48 Word: Kaloprosopia A word that celebrates the masks we wear. Arts & Culture Issue 47 Word: Döstädning A Swedish solution to the mess of death. Arts & Culture Issue 45 Word: Explication An explanation to end all explanations.
