we are really closer to the sun
this solstice and we are moving faster.
Not much, but at noon I’m feeling
dizzy, gravity-heavy and dreading the new year
when we will be closer, even faster.
A 19th-Century Pocket Sundial
Today being the solstice, we are having longer days than back in June at the earlier solstice. Earth’s perihelion – closest point to the sun – always comes in early January. That means that the Northern Hemisphere winter (Southern Hemisphere summer) is the shortest of the four seasons, even though it is also the longest days for the entire globe.
Writing the Day 