r. put new lights on the tree skirt and there's a new light in the sky, and it's ok 
if we stay home from the holidays and have a quiet solstice. 
quiet is a gift. you know how they have quiet retreats? 
in the desert, in the woods, in a meadow, in the dunes, in the whispering grass, in the sound of the sea? we could do that up here on the 15th floor 
watching the light over the water change in the window, and lighting the lights inside.