happy solstice mister. it's my first solstice birthday without you. when you were here you were my spirit guide, even when it got hard to move your body and i pushed you in your cheriot. you appear in my dreams—you'll always be my guide. come with us tomorrow when we go to the dunes. come everywhere with me, come and see. i cry because i'm missing you but i'm celebrating with tears of release and praise and remembering all the love and joy you always bring. this solstice, with the conjunction of jupiter and saturn, i think of you my dog star, still watching over me.