HAPPY WINTER SOLSTICE!

In Ancient Rome this time period was marked by festivals to their harvest god Saturn and accompanied by feasts that celebrated the Return of Mithras (their Sun god) from his slumber. I won't be doing all that - though i did wiggle it just a little bit(as it grooved) when i awakened this morning - but still, the day bears remarking. Why?

DAYS WILL NOW BE GETTING LONGER. (i know, i totally did this same entry around last year lol. But now you know how important this day is to me.)

Yes, it also marks the official start of winter (and given the obscene amt of snow dropped upon us this past week, we are off to an auspicious start!) but it also means that the hours of daylight are increasing. Gradually at first, but eventually the sun will be caressing our skin as we make our way home from work, a reprieve from the dark skies and cold breezes that are our lot now. I couldn't be happier. The sun actually will actually sets a minute later tomorrow than it did today, and that minute is a salve to my soul. Today is a "hang in there, its almost over" kind of day.

Of course it also means that springs is on its merry way, and with spring comes my birthday, but i'll obsess over that later. :)

And now we come to the part in our program where i must give a few shout outs. My fellow bloggers, Jazzbrew, and Mr Mobley, have both been priveleged to conduct interviews with the redoubtable Terence Blanchard and Kareem Abdul Jabbar, respectively. Yes, you read right. The musician and basketball star. Mmhmm. So don't get all jealous that they have skillz and you don't, just click those links and check for the interviews. These gentlemen both killed it.