Month: December 2019
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Christmas Eve, at Home In the Woods
Everyone should have a home, a place where we feel like we belong. Ideally, home is a place where mostly good things happen over a long time, so that it feels comfortable and familiar. Americans move around a lot, so that long-term familiarity might not happen within the structure of one house. In my case, […]
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Winter Solstice
Good morning Weathercock: make this day bright. Put us in touch with your fair winds. Sing to us softly, hum evening’s song. Point the way to better days we can share with you. -Jethro Tull, “Weathercock,” from Heavy Horses The sun has set on the shortest day of the year; the sun is as far […]