Holiday Observations

Things I've noticed this season:

• No candied fruit in the stores for my stollen
• A surprising dearth of slivered almonds
• Flowers still blooming in the backyard
• Record high temperature the day before the solstice

Meanwhile, the administration is trying to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research, the flagship climate research program in Boulder, Colorado.  Just like their destruction of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the plan is "if there's no data, then there isn't a problem." 

Tomorrow morning at 8:04 a.m. it will be the winter solstice.  The days will grow longer, the light stronger.  The new year truly begins on the solstice with renewal and hope.  Here's hoping that the sun's return will be accompanied by democracy's return.  By the next winter solstice, let us pray that Congress is in capable hands and that the pendulum of TCF will be swinging back to obscurity. 

But there will be so much work to undo and rebuild what he and Project 2025 have destroyed:  science in general, education, international reputation, our economy, public health, and on and on.  

I guess the best I can do is keep plugging away for the local party in my ward and precinct, keep up the volunteer work at the BioPark, and promote a message of conservation and sustainability in my life.  

Happy Solstice, everyone!