One year (or more!?) since the ‘unidentified’ pneumonia began

ONE YEAR AGO: “The situation in Wuhan is unusual, and we are not sure about the reasons behind the outbreak yet,” said Secretary for Food and Health Sophia Chan Siu-chee said after an urgent night-time meeting with officials and experts on New Year’s Eve. “Since we are now in the holiday season, and Hong Kong has close transport ties with Wuhan, we must stay alert.”

Jupiter and Saturn align.. the darkest day before the sun, and son, rise on Christmas

The Jupiter and Saturn alignment could not have come at a more appropriate time according to the gazers of the stars.. astrologers have looked to this conjunction as a massive moment in human history.

Biblical scholars have equally paused at the magnificence of this time in their worldview. And while the wonders of the heavens made us wonder, a volcano came to life on earth.

So let’s light the Yule log, and travel back in history. After all, Christmas is a time of the paranormal, the ghostly, and the macabre.

The hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight

As this post is written, there are only 5 days left until Christmas. That is four shopping days. four/five food prep days.. Six stressful days of work, COVID-19 fears, and also wrapping. Santa can’t do it all, after all..

So we travel back in time and see headlines of the past… headlines of tumult and hope.

And you can decide.. Are you the kind of person who signs, who sees miracles. Or do you believe that people just get lucky…

Enter Andre Linoge into our Christmas season: The forecasts for the storm the Weather Channel will call “Gail”

Just weeks ago, the sweltering heat of autumn was alarming. Almost 80 degrees in mid-November under an usually hot-baking sun. And now as we enter the week before Christmas time frame, there is a shocking model run predicting anywhere from 24 to 36 inches of snow in a large swath of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New York..