Saturday, December 23, 2006
December Solstice
December 20th-21st has come and gone, and we in North Am tip back towards the sun. I feel light-starved in winter's short days and can't wait for them to get longer again.
I always liked the night, and now that I have kids, I understand why my mother stayed up so late -- No noisy children, no tv, no phones. It's quiet.
But now I appreciate the all-too brief glimpses of our primary star in winter; even a silver sun in a pewter sky is fine. Which doesn't happen too often, though -- I feel I'm fortunate to live in a city that isn't always clouded over.
Light and life-giving heat from a violent explosion of gases. Who'd've thunk it?
I always liked the night, and now that I have kids, I understand why my mother stayed up so late -- No noisy children, no tv, no phones. It's quiet.
But now I appreciate the all-too brief glimpses of our primary star in winter; even a silver sun in a pewter sky is fine. Which doesn't happen too often, though -- I feel I'm fortunate to live in a city that isn't always clouded over.
Light and life-giving heat from a violent explosion of gases. Who'd've thunk it?
Labels: solstice
# posted by Leslie Carmichael @ 2:03 PM 
