It's Winter
Today at

7:22 EST

The sun has gone as far south as it will go.

Soon the cycle back north will start.

Aaahhh. Some things remain the same.

And today in these northern lands of the Twin Cities- we had our first snowfall of the season. Winter is truly here.

A Solstice Calendar Meme
In honor of the solstice today, I thought I would use the birthday meme format for today. So here it is. Happy Solstice.

1) Go to Wikipedia.
2) In the search box, type the date: December 21
3) List three events that happened on this day:

• 1620 - Plymouth Colony: William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims land on what is now known as Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Mass.
• 1913 - Arthur Wynne's "word-cross", the first crossword puzzle, is published in the New York World.
• 1968 - Project Apollo: Apollo 8, crewed by Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and William Anders, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

4) List two important birthdays.

• 1118 - Thomas Becket, Lord Chancellor of England and Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1170)
• 1911 - Josh Gibson, African-American baseball player (d. 1947)

and one death

• 1807 - John Newton, English cleric and hymnist (b. 1725)(Amazing Grace)

5) One holiday or observance (if any).

• Roman festivals - Divalia in honour of Angerona