Solstice

I have nothing profound to offer today (or any day for that matter). Only a recognition of the end of the year. It's been an exceptional one for me.
Gabriel is taking one of his many daily short naps. The house is quiet. The dog is snoring lightly. Outside the window, the sky is grey, the ground wet, the gutters dripping.
And in the silence a moment to be thankful, and hopeful, for what has passed us by, and what is still to come.