Turning Toward the Light

Happy solstice, my friends!

[image error]That’s as high as the sun got last solstice

If you’re in the Northern hemisphere with me, today is the shortest day of the year. Here in Maine, that means the sun rose over the ridge behind our house at 8 this morning, and it’ll set over the stream across the street at 4 this afternoon.

And tomorrow, it’ll set just a little later!

I’ve never been a big Christmas person (see here), but I have always loved the solstice. Today is when the world turns back to the light, when the sun begins its long trek back to the height of summer.

Today we turn toward the light.

To celebrate, here are a few gifts for you, my lovely friends.

First, check out this beautiful rendition of one of my very favorite Christmas songs: Phoebe Bridgers’s Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas. It’s dark, nostalgic, and melancholic – the perfect antidote to all those forced holiday cheer songs piped into literally every single retail outlet in the country.

And second, treat yourself to a good book!

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Paranormal and Urban Fantasy Book Bargains is hosting a Winter Solstice promotion where you can find tons of sexy, magical reads – yes, including The Trickster’s Lover – guaranteed to keep you warm on this, the longest of nights.