It’s winter solstice time
From now on and until the summer solstice, the days will keep getting longer.
It’s no accident that both Christmas and Chanukah heavily feature themes of light, coming as they do at this time of year.
Happy solstice!
The New Neo
A blog about political change, among other things
Regardless of the state of the Republic, in her latter, widowed years my mother, who kept a gimlet eye on the passing political scene, and who once upon a time took her 17 year old boy to hear Barry Goldwater during his doomed (by the ruthless Dems and compliant MSM…plus ca change) ’64 campaign, never failed to phone on Dec 22 to say, “Well Frank, whatever else, the days are getting longer.”
I heartily welcome the lengthening day, it will help mitigate the effects on my psyche of the worsening weather. 🙂
I hate winter, no use for snow it only makes we work to remove it. And don’t like cold .
Skip,
Me too!! Come to Florida and never have to see snow again. Added benefit of a free state with low taxes and low CoL.
Ah yes — lengthening days. Even with the long dark nights that are ours for the next several months, we can look forward to tomorrow being less dark and the eventual arrival of warm days.
One of my favorite prayers begins, “Lighten our darkness, we beseech thee, O Lord.” I pray this not only personally but for our nation and world.
Traveling tomorrow to arrive before the storm winds do. Y’all stay warm!
Thanks for this reminder. I always consider December 21st the first day of summer for this very reason.
Living in the Hudson Highlands of NY, it makes the winter easier to bear.
Best wishes to everyone.
physicsguy: re snow: never say never. We do see dips below freezing at times. I recall Bay Hill Classic golf tournament reached 35 degrees in mid March several decades ago. And one Jan. we went to Epcot because our pipes had frozen, where the landscaping crews had already cleared out many plant beds to remove unsightly damaged plants.
And CoL: let’s say “relative CoL”, as FL better than Conn. but usually survey’s show FL to be around 100-102% of national average.
All hail the sun — pagans (and atheists) and Judeo-Christians UNITE in the ending of long nights!
R2L,
Valid points. We expect mid 20s lows this weekend, and I did see a few flakes here in JAX late last January. If that’s the extent of “winter” here, I’m happy. And your correct of CoL compared to CT; not sure about the rest of the country. I do know that we have saved about $10k a year by moving here based on just taxes and savings on energy costs.
Cost of living index by state:
https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/cost-of-living-index-by-state
Currently visiting one of the higher CoL states (MA) in a high CoL region (the northeast). Unfortunately, NH–a once-affordable destination state for refugees from Massachusetts–is also above the baseline. My now-home state–AL–is well below the CoL baseline, along with Kansas, Oklahoma, and Mississippi.
Queen of the Jungle: best wishes to you too. Good to see you here. And yes, nice to know the days are getting longer.