Long Day

I was mad about the people on Twitter who were going on about how they "had a feeling it was gonna be a long day" today. Of course it is you idiots! It's the solstice! Which I don't really get, I was under the impression that it was always on the 21st of June. I guess the 365 days in a year and the leap stuff messed it up slightly. But yes, whether or not your day felt long, it's actually the summer solstice. In history, aka ancient and now defunct cultures, this was an amazing time of rebirth and celebration. Feasting and festivaling would transpire and inevitably people would end up adding another 'f' to that list, fornicating. These cultures often had an aspect of fertility worship in them, many celebrated goddesses and revered the female form. Things are different now. But I'm not here to discuss global religion, I'm here to talk about history. Well not really that either. I just wanted to point out that in the past this day was something of great importance, a day that was counted down to. Much the way we count down to Christmas and birthdays. Holidays and priorities shifted over the decades or centuries but I have done enough reading and seen this day as crucial in many early societies so by association or happenstance, I feel like we're missing something. Or maybe it's just that we've moved past something. Either way, I'm going to hold a strange, indifferent reverence for this day, and it's autumn counterpart. I feel also that autumn is an under used word nowadays. So many things we've left behind, some good, some bad, some inconsequential. I'm guessing it will only be the hipsters that could revive a word like autumn. The rest of us will continue to enjoy the fall colours of the season fall. Too bad. So yea, I'm going to celebrate this day but going out on the deck and watching the sunset. Another interesting factoid about this particular day is that it is also a full moon. This hasn't happened in something like seventy years and won't again until 2094. That makes it a once in a lifetime event. I'm going to take a look at the full moon and the sun sharing the same sky. It's gonna be weird but something that I will make the time and effort to experience. I'm pretty sure I won't gloat about it on my deathbed but it's an interesting thing to witness. My only concern are the useless clouds moving across my vista. They provide no rain for the starving crops or lawns and do nothing but block my view. I do NOT care for them today. I'm sure my building rage for the clouds will crescendo with me going to bed early, in a huff, like an eight year old who was deprived of the sugary cereal. The one I still don't buy. Damn.