Agenda 2019

 The Winter Solstice. 21st December Today is the 21st day of December or the 355th day of 2013. It is also the winter solstice, the longest night of the year or to be more accurate the shortest day. As from today the nights begin to get shorter an event which we have looked forward to for over six months. I have always found the long winter nights very disturbing. The fog and mists of winter together with the rain and wind and the cold is not something which I really enjoy. When the clocks go back in October of every year I am immediately thrown into a state of gloom, looking forward to the time when the clocks can go forward again. Apart from the festivities of Christmas and the New Year winter is one long drag. At least now as the days get longer, albeit by only a few minutes each day or week, we can look forward to that day in March, the 29 th in fact, when the clocks will be put forward by one hour and normality will return. It would of course b...

  December 21st in the year 2012. Winter Solstice at Stonehenge  Today is the 356th day of 2012. It is also the day which coincides with the end of the 5,125-year "long count" cycle of the Mayan calendar. (ie. The end of the world. The day has arrived, but as someone once said, “Aye Caesar, but not gone”) However, enough of this gloom and back to the point. Today is the 356th day of 2012. December 21st 2012. The winter solstice. The day which heralds the return of sanity to the northern hemisphere. As from tomorrow, the hours of daylight begin to get longer. The days of lengthening darkness are gone (for another year) and we can look forward to the prospect of not having to turn on the lights at 4 O'clock in the afternoon. Another great source of happiness and joy, apart of course from the Christmas and New Year celebrations in a few days time, is the thought that in a few short months, the television and newspapers will be full of the advice “And don...