I hope everyone is having a good Solstice, be it the Winter or Summer Solstice, depending on your half of the world.

It’s a bit hard to believe that it’s been a year now since my Dad passed away, and I am reminded of what I wrote then:

It’s very easy to see omens and portents in things are are probably coincidences, but sometimes doing that helps us see events in a constructive manner. My Dad passed away on the Winter Solstice (he didn’t mess with Christmas), our longest dark night of the year. It marks the beginning of winter, which is a hard time indeed for many, especially my wild familiars. But the lengthening daylight attests to the promise of a spring that will come, with it’s renewal and new life. We will have cold, dark days ahead as we come to terms with this, but we will emerge renewed, into the spring sunshine.

Somehow, right now, with all that’s been happening, it doesn’t feel like much renewal happened, but let’s remain hopeful. One thing about this world and nature is that she keeps trying. It’s an iterative process.

Regarding my Dad, I just heard back from Arlington National Cemetery about his eligibility to be interred there: YES. So we’ll be going to Arlington. If you want to be in on that and haven’t already heard from me, drop me an Email at the address on my About page. It’s going to be “months” before we even get to talk to someone about scheduling, so there’s time.