A friend was able to be with a friend as she passed away, not with her in person but through technology.  She said the woman, a very spiritual person, literally became radiant in the last hours.  I look at the clarity in the light this morning, as though it tilts down like a slide for us to climb, beckoning.

One more week of deepening into the dark, into reflection and memory, and then we immerse in the return of young light. We emerge to release and reform what matters to us now and now and now!