Letterbox: Bookish & Filmish

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Edition 25: Departures and Arrivals (part 1), The Typewriter Museum, Books and Film/TV.

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Dec 22, 2023
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Taking Stock

Last night was the winter solstice. Midwinter, the shortest day, the longest night.

A sun and earth in space

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The ancient astronomers saw the solstice as the moment the sun stood still. A long, winter’s night that even before it finishes, has given birth to the slow climb back toward longer days and a more fiery sun.

The Gemini twin-heads of endings and beginnings are …

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