On June 23, we get the longest day of the year (or “Līgo” as we call it in Latvia 🇱🇻), the Sun is at its peak, showering plants with maximum light. That sunlight hitting these leaves left the Sun just 8 minutes and 20 seconds ago, but the energy inside those photons was born in the Sun’s core and took up to 100,000 years to escape. #Ligo #Jani
Growing up in Latvia, late spring and early summer always meant rhubarb season in our home. My gran or mum would come back from the farmers’ market with a big bunch, and soon the kitchen would be filled with pies, jellies, and compotes. Those flavors became part of our daily life right up until the magical midsummer night of Jāņi on June 24th.
It’s great to see this humble vegetable and the joy of true seasonality being celebrated and shared. If you ever come across fresh rhubarb, do yourself a favour: clean the stem, dip it in sugar, and take that first tart-sweet bite. Pure Baltic summer in its simplest and most delicious form. (Photo credit: Karoline Hjorth)
Jordan Peterson once said: “Very few people who have fully matured don’t have children. As soon as someone else matters more than you do in some fundamental sense, you’ve taken another step towards true maturity and responsibility.”
This has been profoundly true for me. I would never have reached this point without the incredible mother of my child, the woman who gave me the greatest gift and responsibility of my life.
#MothersDay
Snapped this photo of the #Moon during my morning walk. Crazy to think that, right now, four people are flying past this rock in a tiny capsule called #Orion. #Artemis#Nasa
The weather's looking good for tomorrow's Artemis II launch, and our teams are getting the rocket ready for liftoff!
Read the latest updates on our mission around the Moon: https://t.co/doIjUqa1cx
With all the negativity and tension in the world right now, music feels like the only real escape. Flea’s latest record is one of those. Highly recommended. #Flea#Honora#Jazz