the great machine of the heavens will go into reverse

 good morning! good morning!

it's a beautiful day outside and horsemouth is writing this a little later than usual because he was doing some of his childminding lark this morning. in theory that's him covered (but he will keep an eye on his phone just in case). 

nonetheless here he is (and outside the sun is shining). 

tomorrow is the solstice (this year). the great machine of the heavens will go into reverse (at least the sun rising and sun setting parts of it). at night the stars will continue to wheel across the heavens and the planets will continue their erratic wanderings. in the daytime the sun will start to be lower in the sky again and the days will start to be shorter until the equinox in far off september.

by winter it will barely clear the rooftops and the back garden will be in permanent dank shade.

but all this is a long way off - through the best months of the year. 

horsemouth's hemisphere has been warming up and will continue to do so for at least another month (before gradually cooling off again). 

yesterday horsemouth went for a wander with TG. and then he finished off watching various gialli. he began reading neal stephenson's snow crash - an almost archaic cyberpunk novel that has recently been taken for a prediction of the future. he did his usual sunday phonecall to his mum. 

horsemouth has had some coffee (and a flapjack). now he contemplates second breakfast. he is unsure what to do with the day. tomorrow the solstice. wednesday a meeting of the communal endeavour.