Celebrating the first day of winter with two sisters named (you guessed it) Fall and Spring.
The reason The Idiot gets so excited about the hibernal, or winter, solstice is because, as his pal Deng Ming-Dao writes in 365 Tao Daily Meditations, “it is the beginning of winter’s death. From this day on, we can look forward to warming and brightening” until June 21.
(Photo: Sim Beauchamp)
About Joel
Joel Stratte-McClure has been a global trekker since the 1970s. He lived in France for over 30 years, working as a journalist, before he turned his attention to a unique life-time-project of walking the shores of the Mediterranean. The first 4,401 kilometers are explored in his inspirational and entertaining first book "The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean." The next 4,401 kilometers are covered in the gods-filled sequel, "The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Madness and Magic on the Mediterranean,” published on Valentine's Day 2013. The last 4,401 kilometers will be discussed in the last book of the trilogy currently entitled "The Idiot and the Odyssey III: Alexander the Great Walks the Mediterranean."
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