Ed Lynskey's Blog: Cracked Rearview Mirror - Posts Tagged "summer-solstice"

There's a quiet, private spot where I like to go and do my heaviest thinking. I bet you have a place like that, too. Mine is a rock on the shore of a river. I've gone there any number of times over the years.

We also all have a particular day out of the year when we give pause and mull over stuff. For me, that day falls the summer solstice. Yes, today at 1:16 p.m. EDT this rock we call earth swings around to its solstice.

My birthday was the previous day, and being the deliberate type, it doesn't hit me until a day later. Also, most of the anesthesia from yesterday's medical procedure has lifted, so I'm sharper eyed this morning.

What subjects occupy my thoughts are irrelevant. My point is I'm back at my thinking rock on the longest day of the year. So, I've got lots of time to sort out things.

By Ed Lynskey
Twitter: @edlynskey
Author of Lake Charles
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