Rain, rain. Sidewalks clear again.

December rain in recent years has meant clear sidewalks. Harsh cold in three days will also give me dry walking routes. So far, this year about ten walking days were on well under two inches of fluffy snow. 

SEASON of ____ (blank)

The Christmas / followed by calendar NEW YEAR season is a number of happenings.

For me Christmas is the Bible as in Luke and Matthew. New Year is time to set up just the correct number of calendars and reminders.

I stopped buying any gifts years ago. Having said that, I impulse buy a gift some years. This year was a shared pair of Made in the USA (New Hampshire) deerskin mittens.  Great grandchildren are the future owners. May it be so.

I continue to want to mail notes within a routine. Priority is my sons and then a small list of people I see in person.

Written down as above now for the follow through. 

dlj/12/26/2024

WALK EVERY DAY.

 Full disclosure close (exceptions: rain all day; away from home; ice).

Today at the beginning of the walk I needed long underwear bottoms. In two days at near zero temperature, I will lay out and wear top and bottom United States Air Force issue protection. 

Sunday then Monday each day drive 220 miles.

 Connecticut Youth Symphony with classical and more recent pieces. Quality sound and talent. An enjoyable evening.

Second snow - with the landscape company active.

 Tuesday,  December 10, 2024. This snow also will be washed away in wind and rain tomorrow night.

Our first snow near the coast.

 Rain fell before dawn followed by slight cooling and a period of snow middle afternoon. Now winds will move in.  I did sight the waxing moon on December 4 about four  days after new moon. 

Two posts on the same day.

December first or the first of any month begins the month.  This calendar month, the lunar month also was December one.  Compare this to next year December,  2025 new moon (beginning of the lunar month) is Dec 19, 2025. 

For context see the post below.

A calendar month and a LUNAR month joined.

 Except for February a Lunar month has fewer days. 

New Moon starts the lunar month as the moon passes the sun from right to left. Using a number, the right ascension of the sun is the sun's position relative to the apparent stationary stars. The moon relative to the stars moves quickly.  Measured by a number, the moon passes the right ascension of the sun more than twelve times in a year.  Recall a year is the earth flying around the sun once.

For me, I need to create a model in three dimensions to grasp earth orbit sun, moon orbit earth.