In the bleak mid-winter
Frosty wind made moan,
Earth stood hard as iron,
Water like a stone; In The Bleak Midwinter- Christina Rossetti
The shortest day of the year and the astronomical first day of winter. I turn the corner. Though we officially enter the winter season, I will look forward to longer days as darkness recedes.
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