Advent calendar 21: the solstice

‘Don’t let the solstice fool you:our lives will always bea stew of contradictions…’Adrienne Rich ‘Contradictions: Tracking Poems,’ in Your Native Land, Your Life (1986) Today’s image: the winter solstice From the Latin sol (‘sun’) and sistere (‘to stay still’), the sun suspended a moment in its path, here in winter, in the south in summer. … Continue reading Advent calendar 21: the solstice