2015 winter solstice…

Do you know anyone who went to Stonehenge yesterday to celebrate the Winter Solstice there?   I don’t know anyone who was there on Tuesday morning to witness sunrise on the  shortest day  of the year,  but I was acquainted with one among the five thousand who did so in 2014.

On the other hand,  I have visited Stonehenge on a day of no particular importance,  before the authorities had to rope the structure off to protect it,  and I was impressed with both the size of the stones and the ingenuity required for a supposedly primitive people to cope with them.

 

 

Happy winter solstice…

On the  first day  of winter,  much of the South will be in the 70-degree range,  thus ensuring that many of us will be sick by Christmas Day.   Tow days ago there was frost on the ground when Big Girl said it was time to go out.   Tomorrow morning it will be about 60 with rain threatening.   Oh,  my aching sinuses!

Celestial eccentricity…

Early next Tuesday,  weather permitting,  you have the opportunity to witness an event which last occurred 436 years ago.

This year’s winter solstice will coincide with a full lunar eclipse in a union which holds special significance for beliefs that tap into the energy of the winter solstice,  the shortest day of the year and a time that is associated with the rebirth of the sun.

You need not be a Wiccan to appreciate this rare event,  which you can begin watching  Monday night.