It’s been so cold the last few weeks it’s hard to believe December 21st is the first official day of winter. This year, we’ll have both a full moon and a lunar eclipse on the year’s longest night.
Suits me fine. Lately I’ve been huddled by the fire, trying to write with an open heart, and thinking about winter’s night sky for a new project with the NC Symphony. There is something so blue, and so clear, about looking up at a December night sky—it simply can’t hold a candle to a summer night.
Meantime, don’t let those winter blues get you down. I found a few homemade remedies for the blues while doing a little research on the winter solstice. My favorite calls for “evergreens, bright illumination, large ongoing fires, feasting, communion with close ones, and evening physical exertion by dancing and singing.”
And I’ve got a few things planned this month to help you along the way.
“dancing and singing”
Solstice Celebration at the Poplar Knight Spot
Laurelyn & Scott Manring, Joe Newberry & Jim Collier, and the Martha Bassett Band
The Rooster’s Wife at Poplar Knight Spot
Aberdeen, NC
6:30 pm, Tuesday, December 21
theroosterswife.org
“feasting and communion with close ones”
Skillet Fried Chicken and Songs from a Southern Kitchen
December 14 Laurelyn and Scott Manring
December 21 Molly McGinn
December 28 Laurelyn and Kari Sickenberger of Polecat Creek
Lucky 32
Greensboro NC
6:30 to 9:30 pm
lucky32.com
I’ll leave the evergreens and “large ongoing” fires to you, your loved ones, and your backyard. Meantime, here’s to Winter’s Light.
