Winter solstice

Winter has begun. Sometime after 10 a.m. this morning, the Northern Hemisphere slipped into winter. But that also means that darkness is now slowly being vanquished! “What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.” — John Steinbeck  “The winter solstice has always been special to me as

Flying away

Parked in front of my house = two vehicles. But this is all I see:

St. Thomas

Today is (in the Episcopal Church calendar) the Feast of St. Thomas. When I was received into the Episcopal Church, I took a saint’s name. And that name was Thomas. Why take a saint’s name, you ask? The idea is to help confirm our identity as a Christian, and identify a saint as an aspirational