Solstice

Is today the Solstice? Anyone? It must be, the nights are so long, the days so short. It's amazing that I get anything done at all. With my love of sleep, I think I could just snooze the whole winter through, if life's details didn't beckon.

Walking in the woods yesterday, I heard a sound I had forgotten in our drought--Devil's Nose Creek, babbling over stones for the first time since last April! One of the exposed stumps in the pond is now submerged, giving a visual measurement that we are finally getting water back in the well, back in the pond. Rainy days are gloomy and sleepy, but I'll put up with them if I can replenish our water supply.

Bill is settling in on his ship, destination undisclosed--it's classified, and I'm fine with that. We can still email each other everyday, and I read his brief messages each morning while drinking my coffee. What a boon! All those years before email, we were lucky to exchange one or two letters, and perhaps a crackly phone call (made from a post office, where you pay your money and wait for 4 hours to be connected) in 3 months time. Technology certainly changed our lives for the better. I suppose he could get an international-type cell phone if we wanted to bear the expense, but email seems to suffice for our communication needs.

Today, Mom and I will shower (still a joyful event to look forward to, after our trials of last week!) and go to the movies this afternoon and a music concert tonight with MaryAnn, at the Methodist church.

Moving through the days, one by one. Stopping to breathe in the small amount of light that Winter's shortest days allow. Thankful for all the small things that bring a measure of contentment and happiness. This is what life is made of.