2019 - Day 71/294 - Tuesday...Halcyon...

This photo does not at all represent the crap that we all had to drive through this morning. It was the start of YET ANOTHER grey, crappy day. The sun has a habit of making itself known just about time for bed, which is not the best use of its skill. It was another two-hour drive in to the office this morning, and there were more unfortunate than myself folks involved in commuter challenges which may (or may not) have been avoided if they had either started out earlier or driven more slowly. You just can't fix stupid or impatience. You would think that, if they can come up with a pill for flatulence, they should certainly be able to do something about stupid, but no...

Halcyon -- Adjective. 1. of or relating to the kingfisher. 2. calm, peaceful. 3. happy, golden. 4. prosperous, affluent. "Sadly, the halcyon days of Chinese karaoke, with its legendary free buffets and private rooms ornately decorated to resemble gingerbread houses and outer space, are no more." Dan Levin, The New York Times, December 26, 2017

Did You Know? According to Greek mythology, Alkyone, the daughter of the god of the winds, became so distraught when she learned that her husband had been killed in a shipwreck that she threw herself into the sea and was changed into a kingfisher. As a result, ancient Greeks called such birds alkyon or halkyon. The legend also says that these birds built floating nests on the sea, where they so charmed the wind god that he created a period of unusual calm that lasted until the birds eggs hatched. This legend prompted people to use halcyon both as a noun naming a genus of kingfisher and as an adjective meaning either "of or relating to the kingfisher or its nesting period" or "calm."