Winter Solstice -  Yule

Monday, December 21, 2020; 5:02a.m. 

The Winter Solstice
is the shortest day of the year.
It was believed the Sun stood still
in the sky and then,
the next day continued on … and so
the days began, once again, to lengthen!

  

The word Solstice evolved to Middle English, from Old French from Latin solstitium, from Latin (combination of sol, the sun, and stitium, to stand still.)  

  

(watercolor by CDI)
Winter Solstice Dawn

 Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering.
There is a crack in everything,
That's how the light gets in.

             Leonard Cohen

“Anthem”