Winter Solstice

This is the day of the year when I think of my pagan Norse and Celtic forefathers.

The Winter Solstice was an important day for them. It marked the turning point in the long dark winter.

I often think of those men and women sitting in their turf houses trading stories and telling of their ancestors and their accomplishments. A few names are recorded in the Icelandic Sagas but of course the bulk of those stories are lost forever.

In our modern age we have no excuses. The failure to preserve a life story today will deprive uncounted future generations of the satisfactions of knowing the people from whom they came.

We must see that that does not happen!