Winter officially arrived this morning at 0911 PST. Beginning tomorrow the days start to get longer, the nights shorter. It's an arc that takes roughly 182.5 days to complete, ending with the onset of summer.
Here's a lovely thought ... there is nothing Washington can possibly do to screw it up. Whatever we do or don't do, summer will arrive on June 21 regardless. Can you sense our insignificance in the face of such inexorability?