December 22, 2015
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Solstice
December 22, 2015, Saugus- So, to mark the shortest day of the year, it is raining. Many here, though not all, are bemoaning the lack of snow. To me, though, given how so many drive, on these all-too-narrow streets of my home town, with their dearth of left-turn accommodations and over-stressed fellow motorists, the lack of snow and its step-child, ice, is a blessing.
The four of us, my brother, Glenn, sister-in-law, Barb, our Mom and I, will mark the longest night of the year at Borders Cafe, a local Mexican food establishment. I get my adventurous nature, at least with regard to food, from Mother. We have long agreed that spice is the variety of life, to twist around the old bromide.
Wiccans, and those who toast the Sacred Geometer, have ever given us a special sense of this auspicious time, as well as of its opposite, the June Solstice, and of their arms, the Equinoxes. Then again, I enjoy anyone’s celebrations, and our family’s turning the holidays into a virtual fortnight just makes for a sense that rain and a gray sky are irrelevant.
So, Splendid Solstice, everyone! Northerners, rejoice as the days get longer, and Southerners, enjoy your still-long days at the beach and in the pool.
Comments (3)
A wonderful Solstice to you too. This shortest day of the year will hopefully make the dark mornings of winter easier to take knowing that they are getting longer. I will take the rain over the snow anytime! tomorrow we are supposed to have temps in the 60s! A very odd winter so far.
I love the fact that the shortest day is over!
@murisopsis: @mcbery: It was a fun evening at the cantina. We now look forward to the Christmas of the Full Moon!