Celebrate National Flip Flop Day

Yesterday was the Shortest Day of the Year

Yesterday was the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year for us living in northern latitudes. It happened at the same instant everywhere on Earth on Tuesday December 22nd at 04:49 Greenwich Mean Time (Universal time). We in western Washington saw only slightly less than eight and half hours of daylight yesterday with the dusk beginning before four in the afternoon. Of course, you in Alaska would love to have that much daylight.

Today, the days begin to lengthen when we gained a less than a second of daylight since yesterday. Indeed, it seems like a long haul until the summer Solstice on June 21st when we on Whidbey Island will be bathed in fifteen and half hours of sunshine. While there is hope but that hope seems ethereal at best today.

Positive Attitude for Everyone - Especially for Local Candidates!

No matter where you live in locales where the days are short and the winter weather is a frigid reality, there is the prospect that summer is on the way. Life for everyone, especially for local candidates, is all is all about positive attitude, so join with me by breaking out your flip flops to wear for a few minutes by the fire and you will find your spirits lifted. Summer is on its way!