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Quotes About Simmer dim

The winters were so bleak and black that in the summer folk were overtaken with a kind of frenzy, constant activity. There was the feeling that you had to make the most of it, be outside, enjoy it before the dark days came again. Here in Shetland they called it the 'simmer dim'.
~ Ann Cleeves
Sky glowing dull pink. Simmer dim, as the Shetlanders called
~ Ian Rankin