Capricorn
January 5, 2008
The day of longest darkness, December 21, is celebrated all over the northern hemisphere. This is the first day of Capricorn (December 21 – January 19), the day the sun stands still at it’s southern most moment of it’s yearly journey. This is the day of the winter solstice, a day marking the return of the light. Capricorn is therefore an ultimate sign. The sun can only travel north now. Capricorn must go to the top of the mountain.
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Seeking Byrd, a Rock and a Coyote
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Jun Matsumoto, 23, works both as a photographer’s assistant and a bicycle messenger in Tokyo, Japan. He read “Everybody Needs a Rock,” a book by Byrd Baylor, and it caught his imagination – he decided to come to the U.S. to see the beauty that Byrd had described.