Shortest day of the year. Longest day in many other respects. Where's my treat? How come the other class gets to play today? Why didn't we get to wear our pajamas to school? It is not a fair world.

Just managed to catch the sun as it disappeared down the horizon across the street from my house. Daddy would say that when you are down there is no way to go but up. Now the days will get longer.

No snow here, just rain and mushy ground. What the heck will the kids do with the sleds they are getting for Christmas? Wait for snow, of course.

Just like the rest of us. Waiting for the good stuff and the good moment.

All this time alive and still haven't figured out or collected the biochemistry necessary to know that every moment is all that we have.

Is it spring yet?