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<\/a>We have entered my favorite season of the year, the slow slide toward the Winter Solstice, the longest night of the year.\u00a0 Cue Robert Frost.<\/p>\n(Dandelions at Lapatia Bay, Kate)<\/p>\n
In Ushuaia the sun did not set until 9:30 pm.\u00a0 Here it sets at 4:30.\u00a0 As we traveled south along the west coast of South America, the days grew longer and longer.\u00a0 The evening I went into Ushuaia to have supper, it was 8:00 pm and still quite light.\u00a0 People strolled the streets, window shopping, holding hands, glancing here and there at other walkers.<\/p>\n
They’re headed for a date with December 21st as well, but for them it will be the summer solstice and the longest day of the year.\u00a0 I knew this intellectually, but it was the little things, like taking pictures of the dandelions at Lapatia Bay, the southernmost harbor of Tierra del Fuego, that pressed its reality into my experience.\u00a0 Let’s see.\u00a0 Dandelions here.\u00a0 Leafless trees at home.\u00a0 Spring.\u00a0 Autumn.\u00a0 Oh. Yeah.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>We have entered my favorite season of the year, the slow slide toward the Winter Solstice, the longest night of the year.\u00a0 Cue Robert Frost.<\/p>\n