RIP Angus Cloud :(

Euphoria S02E01 ‘Trying to Get to Heaven Before They Close the Door’

you’ve got 1 day to let go of everything that needs to stay in 2023. all the people, pain, disappointments, hurt, heartbreak, grudges, fear, and negativity. let it all go. 2024 is going to be the year of new beginnings.

Diagram of the year divided by seasons and signs of the Zodiac. The Saturday Magazine. November 1838.

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What year is it in different countries of the world?

by alex_map_geography

Me ha apretado mucho el alma este año. Me ha dado retortijones de tripas y dolor en el mediastino. Perdí muchísimo. Vuelvo a la frase que dice que soy una colección de derrotas. Cami ha muerto, si tengo un dolor profundo es que no hubo despedida y sus patitas ya no suenan en la casa. Aún me estremece el corazón si le pienso. Abrazar a Andrés daba tanta paz y sentir su pequeñito corazón con aire de gaviotas aligeraba mis días, y luego se inmortalizó del mundo y me enseñó la forma más pura de amor que he conocido hasta entonces; siempre tendrá un lugar en mi aurícula derecha. Ya estoy llorando. El amor romántico no es el único que puede romperte el corazón, y no tener una casa a la que llamar hogar ha terminado por romperme los intestinos. Demasiadas pérdidas para trescientos sesenta y cinco días. Mucho amor propio que recoger. Pero entre el paso de los días, haciendo huequitos de esperanza, la primavera, el aprendizaje, el chocolate caliente, cantar en carretera, conocer a los sobrinos, ser valiente, mirar el mar, subir a la montaña y temblar las piernas, cruzar el puente, perderse en libros, pintar lo que nos duele, me brota la idea que ha dolido 2023, muchísimo, pero los destellos de luz en forma de personas y hechos, son las desfibrilaciones diminutas que el corazón requiere para sentirse menos pesado. Nunca hago propósitos porque duelen las promesas incompletas, y a veces no sé cumplirlos, pero si puedo desearme algo, es que nunca me siga faltando la esperanza...

Clara Ajc

"Happy New Year"

Judaica themed vintage postcard

There's some science to February's bonus day!!

Every four years, during a leap year, the imperfect match between the length of a calendar year and Earth's orbit result in a calendar adjustment known as a leap day.

The length of a year is based on how long it takes a planet to revolve around the Sun. Earth takes about 365.2422 days to make one revolution around the Sun. That's about six hours longer than the 365 days that we typically include in a calendar year. As a result, every four years we have about 24 extra hours that we add to the calendar at the end of February in the form of leap day.

Without leap day, the dates of annual events, such as equinoxes and solstices, would slowly shift to later in the year, changing the dates of each season. After only a century without leap day, summer wouldn't start until mid-July!

Image Credit & Copyright: NASA/TERRA-MODIS

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✨️💚 HAPPY NEW YEAR 💙✨️

Dear world, I am excited to be alive in you, and I am thankful for another year.

-- Charlotte Eriksson

(Riomaggiore, Italy)

happy new YEAR

The Earth's path through space. The literary and scientific class book. 1827.

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unable to complete usual year-end post due to my hard drive breaking. not my year.

this year i made homemade pasta, went to protests on campus, got more n more confident in my body, took care of a plant, got a puppy and backyard chickens, found out i actually can do full time school, got a car and drove into the city a bunch, gave myself bangs, got to be a leader at my summer job and it was so good!!, learned filet crochet, went to drag shows, made a friend!!!, went to therapy and then awkwardly stopped, felt so much angst over how to help a kid i work with, gave an oral presentation for the first time since grade 6, stopped taking my meds, + went out a bunch w hairy pits