It’s 7:30 a.m. and the blue hour before dawn is lingering.
Dec. 21 is a day of blue hours. The lowest sun of the year. Not long from now it’ll be over. Sunset is 5:03 p.m. A lot of us won’t see daylight today.
I’m catching it, here at Ensign Peak, where I can see the clouds parting to cobalt in the distant sky. Mine are the first footsteps in yesterday’s snow — apart from deer tracks. It is cold and dark, and I’m alone.
It is hard for those of us who love winter to understand how much of a struggle it is for people who don’t.