The moon is now quite high in the misty dawn sky. At this time of year, the full moon sets much later each morning, whereas it rises only a little bit later each evening. This is why the ‘harvest moon’ is such a familiar sight, rising at a similar time for a run of successive evenings.
As it happens, this equinox-day ends with 100 days to go in 2021. Who knows what the last 100 days will bring? A new Johnson government, elected before there’s been an inquiry into COVID? More shortages of natural gas – that fuel that we all want now because it’s marginally less polluting than coal? A trade agreement with the Maldives? Undeserved pain, terrible suffering, undeserved good fortune? Nobody knows.
But we put our trust in God anyway.