harald johnson

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the Balance of Days

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Here comes Spring! Painting by Josephine Wall.
In my upcoming book release (still finalizing last details), the Native-American characters are frequently talking about the four main turning points of Mother Earth’s annual cycle: the two solstices and the two equinoxes. And today is one of those important points: the Spring Equinox. The Balance of Days.

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The Winter Solstice & My Dad

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Alaska suns
Time-lapse photo of the winter sun’s low arc by the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. Great video of this scene is at bottom.

The Winter Solstice (for us No’Hemispherians or NoHems) occurred on December 21 at 11:28 am EDT (UTC-04). The reason I’m posting this today is that December 23 is my late-father’s birthday. He passed on five years ago, but I still associate the year’s longest night with him. Not because of dark feelings, but really, the opposite.

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Neither Wolf Nor Dog

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The Byrd Theater
The Historic Byrd Theater in Richmond, Virginia. Photo courtesy of Scott Kelby, https://scottkelby.com
When I saw a mention that the 2016 film Neither Wolf Nor Dog was coming to the historic Byrd Theater in nearby Richmond, I couldn’t resist. First of all, look at that magnificent photo above by Scott Kelby. They don’t make movie theaters like that any more, do they? (FYI: The Bryd opened in 1928 and they currently charge only $1.99 for showings of classic and arthouse films) But the main draw was the movie as part of the inaugural Pocahontas Reframed Native American Storytellers Film Festival.

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