Upright planet

At 3.06am this morning, UK time, we hit the March/Spring equinox.  The Earth, our home, reached a point in space where it was neither tilting towards, nor away from, the Sun, and therefore we have a day that is almost exactly split between Daytime and Nighttime. It only happens twice a year and is well worth mentioning. I could go into boring scientific explanations about how it happens and how we can be so sure it is happening, but it's a long time since I really practiced my science education and training, and that was in chemistry rather than astrophysics, and I can't be bothered anyway. I just like these things and I like mentioning them. And I LOVE the fact that we are now into the time of year where we have more time with the sun out than without it, and that for me is well worth rejoicing in.
And there will be people who say it is important spiritually, and that it rekindles our connection with the natural world, and that this is a time to freshen up your life and restart things and step forth into a bold new existence, but there are also people who say you should do that on January 1st, so who knows who to believe? All I know is - that astrology/crystal-buying/facebook-gazing/platitude-posting bullshit doesn't bother me any more. Each to their own. Let them do their thing, and let me do mine. I shall look up at the starry sky tonight and wonder at the marvel of it all and feel importantly insignificant and take solace in that. If others choose to spend that time looking at their phone screens and seeing stuff that doesn't exist, that's up to them. We shall never understand each other, and we don't need to.
Go, my fellow inhabitants of this tiny globe, and be well.
Happy Equinox, brothers and sisters.

RC 20-3-24