SOLSTICE!

 It's taking me a long time to finally realize why perhaps universally Solstice is probably larger than Christmas all things considered. I fully understand now why Solstice means so much are meant so much to people in the past to know that they were finally passed the dark time or that time where each day the amount of daylight was becoming less and less and from the Solstice forward the days are hours of sunlight with increase. It truly is a celebration of light and now I am more excited to pass the solstice that I am Christmas. Solstice basically gives me a somewhat guarantee of another year of light. Not trying to be over dramatic but it's kind of true in my mind anyway.

The biggest even of my day was crossing the street to the coffee shop to meet with Janet, my coffee shop buddy. We meet usually every Saturday at 9:30 at the coffee shop and gossip and enjoy the cup of coffee. I of course buy my coffee today however it was given to me by the coffee guy. I suppose it was his concept of a Christmas gift and I was certainly not going to turn it down. That makes 2 weeks in a row that I've had my coffee purchased for me. Last week the owner of the coffee shop basically gave me the cup of coffee I paid for the coffee with the couple dollar bills and he basically took one or two and stuck him in the tip jar for the staff but basically gave me the coffee for free. That was kind I really enjoyed that I mean it's not that much I mean three or four bucks I can't remember quite what it is. The place is crowded this morning much more than usual. It seemed like all the people who come over the year was here today. They were boxes of homemade cookies and candy all over the table of the main group. Fortunately we are able to find a spot for me against the far wall, usually where I sit anyway but it wasn't too observable from the front door when I rolled in. They parted for me and I went back and grabbed the table. We did our usual discussion of events and people there at the complex where we live. Talking especially about the new people that have moved in and maybe some of the older ones that might be moving out, one way or the other. One of them is a good friend of mine who lives across the hall. She's very tall and skinny and old. Recently, she is falling a couple of times and when that starts happening it's sort of like happy trails time for the individual. In fact my friend told me about the fact that she was found in her car slumped over the steering wheel a few days ago where she had basically fallen asleep. I never did learn whether she had fallen asleep tonight before she was found or that she had gone out earlier and then fell asleep. But my coffee partner found a slumped over and of course thought she was dead at first but then she woke and acted like everything was normal. I don't give her that much more time at least here at the complex. I think if she falls again she's going to hurt herself quite severely and either pass away then or be sentenced to long-term care. And even then long-term care is not going to be long-term. It's kind of spooky because all of us are very much like this lady just a different times. A number of the folks that have been icons here at the complex are we getting the filter out which means new people are coming in which is completely changing the complexion of the building. It's not necessarily A Bad Thing but there's a bit disjointing for us long-term Folk. I continue to enjoy my new old latch on the side of my chair which allows me to easily remove the arm of my chair. Thought about staying up late tonight since my son is in Europe and my granddaughter is in Las Vegas but I think I would rather hit the sack early and read…