Summer Solstice: The First Day of Summer

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Today is the Summer Solstice -- the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. Now all the days will get a bit shorter.

These Solstices happen twice a year. The beginning of the Winder Solstice marks the day when all the days begin getting longer again.

I've always thought it was odd that summer begins with the trend going the other way, toward winter. And that winter also begins with the trend going the other way.

This is the nature of cycles. Just when things appear best, they've reached the peak and the situation is deteriorating.