HAPPY WINTER SOLSTICE!
Not to go all Nell deGrasse Tyson on you, but because of the tilt of the sun in its orbit, Dec 21st is the longest night. It’s also the shortest day, unless you are waiting for the L-Train. Though we pick up just one minute a day for the next seventeen days, I begin almost immediately to insist to anyone who will listen that it is lighter longer.
The world judders on its axis of Medieval; teeters toward some dank Dark Age. This Winter Solstice, get back to your ancestry dot com pagan roots, light a bonfire, and whoop it up. Next day, after you sober up, sign up to work in the Midterm elections. Insist that we turn toward the light.
December 23, 2017 @ 1:27 pm
Our 12-year-old started her first period on this year’s Solstice which she thought was really cool. However, 48 hours into it, she was done with being a woman. To quote her: “I’m losing all my blood! This sucks!”
December 23, 2017 @ 1:28 pm
Typo in my name. Here’s the correction