Can you feel it? Today is a runt.
Tomorrow will be longer. And next day even longer. And day by day we get closer to spring and to summer.
And even as that happens we get colder first because astronomy is weird like an oval orbit and tilted poles.
And we'll be exchanging popular phrases, "Boy, it sure is cold outside. Be careful. (It wasn't) I nearly froze to death" to "It's sure is hot outside. I just saw two iguanas move into the penguin exhibit, and my own shoes melted into the sidewalk."
We're always complaining.
One time Dr. Fred said at an outdoor bbq in the mountains at Evergreen, "This would be a half decent party if all those f'k'n birds would shut up."
I think he was joking.
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Io Saturnalia, for those who refuse to get the Word.
I actually like the short days. What that means I have no idea.
It gets colder because there's less heat coming in than is going out. The temperature is determined by where it's been and what the rates are, rather than just the heat coming in. Like the hottest part of a summer day is 4pm.
The best thing about the shortest day of the year, is the fact that tomorrow the day light hours will be longer, but only until June 21 where once again, the next day they start to get shorter. It never ends.
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