Winter Is Not Coming - 21 December 2021 - Plague Journal Day 649

Micah 6:8
Isaiah 55:10-12
Yes, your life matters.

Some of you are still sheltering in place, but fear not: I'm here to keep you sane and entertained.
One could hardly ask for much more than that, now could one?

That's right, Winter is not coming - it's here! At last it's Winter!

This morning we moved from Autumn into Winter at the Winter Solstice! This is what Stonehenge is all about according to the show I watched a few days ago - the Winter Solstice, not the Summer one currently celebrated by the herd of ersatz druids each June.
Of course if you're of an antipodean persuasion, you'd be forgiven for calling this the Summer Solstice, as Summer has arrived in our Southern Hemisphere.
(See, Winter is not coming there for a long time either.) 

Hey - maybe Stonehenge was made by a band of Aussies on walkabout way back when? How's that for a new theory, History Channel? I think they need me on their program development team.
You're welcome, network executives.

Keep Calm and Don't Stay Away.
I'll be back tomorrow.
The mental health issues related to our lockdown and the pandemic are especially hard for people with depression. NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, has a 24 hour helpline: 800-950-6264.

It Might As Well - 20 March 2021 - Plague Journal Day 373

Micah 6:8
Zechariah 10:1
Yes, your life matters.

We all are still sheltering in place, but I'm here to keep you sane and entertained.
One could hardly ask for much more than that, now could one?

Spring has sprung! Huzzah!
I was driving down Lakeshore today, and all the ice is gone from the lake. How timely is that? As soon as Winter has passed, so too has the ice. One can only hope there were no ice fishermen in their shanties who were dropped into the water at its sudden melting.

Keep Calm and Stay Away.
I'll be back tomorrow.
The mental health issues related to our lockdown and the pandemic are especially hard for people with depression. NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, has a 24 hour helpline: 800-950-6264.

The Cat Who Hates Santa - 21 December 2020 - Plague Journal Day 284

Micah 6:8
Matthew 2:7-12
Yes, your life matters.

We all are still sheltering in place, but I'm here to keep you sane and entertained.
One could hardly ask for much more than that, now could one?

Today is the Winter Solstice, the first day of Winter. At last, Winter has returned to the Northern Hemisphere! (To all my readers in the antipodes, welcome to Summer!)
The Winter Solstice means that we're very near to Christmas, and thus to the visit of the big guy in the red suit. Sadly, there is one inhabitant of our home who is not happy about that big jolly fellow.

  

Roma is officially the Cat who hates Santa.

Why? You see her above in her wonted position on the back of the couch where she can look out the front window and watch all her bird friends in the bushes and trees. The big shadow in the window - right from where she would normally watch - is cast by Santa himself (or rather a painted wood effigy of that jolly old elf - also seen above). While it would be easy enough to move over a foot or two and look out a different part of the window, Roma, being a cat, would rather be angry. Thus, she sits behind Santa and scowls. One wonders what the feline equivalent of coal will be this year. Maybe oregano in a package marked catnip? It would serve her right, no?

Today is also Crossword Puzzle Day, because on this date in 1913 the first crossword puzzle – with 32 clues – was printed, in New York World.

PS - I wouldn't mind a Solstice like this one:

Keep Calm and Stay Away.
I'll be back tomorrow.
The mental health issues related to our lockdown and the pandemic are especially hard for people with depression. NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, has a 24 hour helpline: 800-950-6264.