In winter, I get up at night, and dress by yellow candlelight.
In summer, quite the other way, I have to go to bed by day.
Robert Louis Stevenson
1850-1894
A Child’s Garden of Verses [1885]
On December 21, the winter solstice occurred. It marked the shortest day of the year. The good news is that for the next six months, the day’s sunshine will last a little bit longer.
*source: Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations
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