I can't figure me out some days. Well, truthfully, most days. I love being all connected with technology and electronic thingies. I love Kindle and Samsung and all that. But I also love books and paper and exquisite writing tools.

If I had a lot of money, I would buy tons and tons of books, old and new. I would have a library with a ladder like you see in movies. I would sit in the room, inhale the fragrance and write intriguing, quirky poetry with flourish.

Then, as I wearied of writing, I would walk down the hall to a room filled with electronic gadgetry all done in steampunk style. I would see amazing televisions and computers and steam age gadgets turned to the electronic age. It's wonderful the way the two could be melded in such a wonderful way.

It's funny, though, that I am strongly drawn to such opposite worlds. Both move me.

I've no doubt most people have such opposites within. Yin and Yang, Positive and Negative. We are all filled with paradoxes. Which makes it not a paradox at all.

The Solstice is coming!

We are past the midpoint of Autumn, which occurred on November 5. We are approaching the Winter Solstice, December 21, which is the longest night of the year. The people in the Southern Hemisphere are anticipating Summer right now, while many in the North are lamenting the coming of the first day of Winter.

Don't waste all your time worrying over the arrival of cold Winter winds and the blustery days filled with snow. After the 21st of December, our days are lengthening again. The Old Ones celebrated the season, because they watched the Sun far more than we do. They knew the first day after the Solstice brought a little more daylight, and that was cause to celebrate. 

The cycle of the year is a wonderful part of life for those who live where the seasons are vastly different. If you are depressed because of the daylight spinning shorter day by day, focus on the Solstice, and remember darkness doesn't last forever!