The Turn of the Wheel

A new year. I wonder why they decided to start a new year right in the middle of winter? It would make more sense to have a brand-new year start at the beginning of spring, IMO. That's when everything feels new. That's when the light changes and things are budding and one has a new sense of life and possibilities after the darkness of winter.

A friend of mine posted a sped-up film clip of an entire "day" in Fairbanks, Alaska, in the middle of winter. Their whole solar day lasts about 3.5...