I would venture to guess we all know an ‘Eeyore’, as in someone who embodies the soul of pessimistic living. I worked with one such fellow years ago, whom I nicknamed, ‘Stoner the Moaner.’ His worldview can be summed up by his thoughts on the Summer Solstice.
Image Credit & Copyright: Zaid M. Al-Abbadi
On the day most of us celebrate warm, long sunny days with our gardens sprouting forth their early bounty, and creatures great and small filling our landscapes, my Mr. Eeyore saw things differently. And to be fair, he was absolutely, factually right. On the 21st of June, he could be heard saying, “Well now the days are getting shorter. I can almost feel the cold November chill in the air.”
So thank you ‘Stoner the Moaner’ and Eeyors everywhere. Tonight is the longest, darkest night of a long, dark year, and your perspective helps to remind myself that the days are getting longer and I can almost feel the warm June breeze in the air.
Go to this site at NASA for the Astronomy Picture of the Day daily dose of cosmic beauty! My wish is for clear skies for you tonight (not so lucky here), so you can view the closest passing of Jupiter and Saturn, known as ‘The Great Conjuction’. Technically, the closest pass happens on 21 December at 18:20 UTC, and not seen this close since the year 1623.