Happy New Year

  

 

Just past the  last full moon of 2023.  And today, 2 minutes, 36 seconds more daylight since the winter solstice on December 21.  

It's been a year of  tornadoes and hurricanes, erupting volcanoes, and wars.  The plague is still with us.  If you want to read more about the hottest, coldest,  rainiest and snowiest days in Chicago in 2023, here is an article from the Chicago Tribune.

No, we didn't get snow for Christmas, but there was some snow on Halloween!  

The new year will still  be influenced by the strong El Nino.  Will there be snow in January?

In November,  we will be voting in a general election. In the meantime, what will be happening in Ukraine, in Gaza, at the US Southern border?  

And still, we look up at the moon. In these  uncertain times,  the moon is still with us,  always changing phases. Waxing, full,  and waning.  And new again.

Wishing you all good things in the new year!