冬至大如年 (Dōngzhì dà rú nián) In China, “the winter solstice is as big as the new year.” Bryan Zepp Jamieson December 21st, 2022 www.zeppscommentaries.online www.zeppjamiesonfiction.com www.thebigweasel.wordpress.com Back about 500 BCE, some 250 years before Eratosthenes calculated the circumference of the Earth using nothing more than two sticks planted about 250 miles apart, a Chinese savant …
2022: a recap of the best of the year This was a fine year for entertainment. For every film or TV series I saw, there were at least a half dozen I didn’t see that would be worthy of inclusion. So if you look down this list and you don’t see one of your favorites, …