This is the first full day of Winter and a time to celebrate the wheel of life (or whatever you choose to call it.)
Tuesday! A day to enjoy the onset of Winter and your choice of Holidays!
As you can see by Itzl's concerned look, this group gives Kossacks a safe place to check in, a daily diary where we can let people know we are alive, doing OK, and not affected by such things as heat, blizzards, floods, wild fires, hurricanes, tornadoes, power outages, earthquakes, or other such things that could keep us off DKos. It also allows us to find other Kossacks nearby for in-person checks when other methods of communication fail - a buddy system. If you're not here, or anywhere else on DKos, and there are adverse conditions in your area (floods, heatwaves, hurricanes, earthquakes etc.), we and your buddy are going to check up on you. If you are going to be away from your computer for a day or a week, let us know here. We care!
IAN is a great group to join, and a good place to learn to write diaries. Drop one of us a Kosmail and ask to be added to the Itzl Alert Network anytime! We all share the publishing duties, and we welcome everyone who reads IAN to write diaries for the group! Every member is an editor, so anyone can take a turn when they have something to say, photos and music to share, a cause to promote or news!
We do have a diary schedule. But, when you are ready to write that diary, either post in thread or send FloridaSNMOM a Kosmail with the date. If you need someone to fill in, ditto. FloridaSNMOM is here on and off through the day usually from around 9:30 or 10 am eastern to around 11 pm eastern.
Monday:
BadKitties
Tuesday:
ejoanna
Wednesday:
Caedy
Thursday:
art ah zen
Friday:
FloridaSNMOM
Saturday:
Most Awesome Nana
Sunday:
loggersbrat
(Editor's Note: Those of you paying attention to eJoanna's past IAN diaries of a Geographical Nature, may recall that her September 23rd diary dealt with the last milestone of earth's yearly axial journey, the September Equinox. She'll probably be reporting on the March Equinox, so stay tuned!
We now return you to your diarist. . .)
A quarter turn of the Earth's yearly orbit around the sun means the start of Winter in the Northern Hemisphere, and Summer in the Southern.
So, another Wintery date to celebrate:
I do love Christmas and it has been a cherished holiday of both secular and religious importance for me and my family my whole life. I wish you all the merriest of your Winter Celebration of choice and tradition.