Women Playing Knucklebones. Alexander of Athens.

The True Meaning of Christmas (And the Saturnalia).

When the Sun hits rock bottom.

I am not going to lie, all I want to do right now is sleep and watch fantasy television.

Which makes sense. With the Solstice preceding Christmas by only a couple days this is the time of year with the least amount of energy. The warmth, the light, even the harvest of crops and their calories…