2024

The fabulous Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, which almost burned to the ground back in 2019, finally reopened earlier this month in spectacular fashion. And following the path of its restoration was a moving experience for me. You see, I lived briefly in Paris and used to walk by the magnificent structure every day on my way to work.

Notre-Dame has reopened. It is renewed. It now begins the next chapter of its long life. Which is not unlike all of our worlds on this day of the Winter Solstice when things begin anew. When the dark of winter now shifts to the ever-brightening future of spring (in the northern hemisphere, at least).

So, I’m also ready for some renewal. But before doing that, I’ll revisit a bit of the past few months . . .

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