One of the oldest known “windows”

Light opening (center of image) above the entrance to the passage at Newgrange.
For a few days around the winter solstice, a ray of light shines through this opening into the chamber at the end of the passage at sunrise.

May 2014

#Newgrange #PassageTomb #Boyne #SiAnBhru #CountyMeath #Ireland #Neolithic #Neolithicperiod #wintersolstice #sunrise #solstice #Irland #Neolithikum #Jungsteinzeit #passage #Wintersonnenwende #Sonnenaufgang #FensterFreitag

To those who celebrate, may you walk in #light.

#Candlemas
#Imbolc
#StBrigidsday

Enjoy your #crossquarterday.
Northern Hemisphere is about halfway from #wintersolstice to #vernalequinox; #Spring is coming.

Candlemas Day by Marianne Stokes (1855-1927) c. 1901, Tate #T02108, Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1977, public domain

#astronomy #calendar #season #solstice #equinox #Earth #Sun #histsci

https://brevitymag.com/nonfiction/solstice/

Usually classified as memoir, Joanne Lozar Glenn's "Solstice" could also be appreciated as short fiction.

In any case, it's an affecting piece of writing that takes minutes to read but will stay with you for days, weeks, months...

Image: Joanne Lozar Glenn -- https://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com

#USLiterature #Nonfiction #Memoir #Solstice #JoanneLozarGlenn