Today is the Winter Solstice, the first day of winter, and the shortest day of the year. This holiday predates Christianity, and was, and still is, very popular with Druids. Most of them celebrate at Stonehenge, in England, which opens it's grounds to celebrants on both the Winter and Summer Solstice. However, I was able to take the photograph above of a group of local Druids celebrating the holiday in Denver's Washington Park. This gathering was being held in front of Monkey Island, which was a popular hangout for hippies back in the 1960s. According to the Washington Park Profile, a young woman, who was part of that hippie group, mysteriously disappeared back then, and is rumored to haunt Monkey Island late at night. That is also the time I suspect these Druids perform their human sacrifices. I guess they want to keep that aspect of their rituals a secret, but they really don't need to. I am pretty sure that the Supreme Court recently ruled that if human sacrifice is part of a religious ceremony, it is protected under the First Amendment. I think Clarence Thomas wrote the majority opinion on the decision. And, by the way, if you want to head to Monkey Island to see the hippie woman's ghost, you might want to avoid going there tonight. Better safe than sorry. I'm just sayin'.
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