It’s a little complicated: for me, the solstice is tomorrow, because it’ll happen at 12:24 AM Eastern Time. But for the rest of you, it’ll be today, because of time zones. The point is that, in about seven and a half hours, the sun will stop its northerly movement in the northern sky, and start to move southerly. Because that’s what ‘solstice’ means : ‘sun-stop.’
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Did they teach us any of this stuff in school? I’m forced to admit that I was zoning out for a lot of the boring stuff, because I had a good ear for what was going to be on actual tests and a not-unwarranted good opinion of my ability to cram/learn things at the last minute. So maybe I’m the only one who never heard anything about this, and the rest of you are going Geez, Moe, like everybody knows about how the solstice works! It wouldn’t be the first time, is what I’m saying.
But if you’re going to go all celtic and build a bonfire, do it tonight regardless.
(Since their holidays were solar, and their day started at sunset.)
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What? It’s not like I have a bunch of spare wood, and a place I need to kill grass.
(Looks innocent)
I, on the other hand, have lots of random places that need to kill grass and would work great for fires!
Are you anywhere near north Georgia????
Indiana. 😉 It’s quite hot and humid enough for me!
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I’ve lived in Chattanooga. North Georgia is a beautiful area. Also, amazing food.