It has been a tradition here for over twenty-five years to mark the passages of Earth as our planet orbits the sun on its unique axis of spin, giving rise to the marvelous diversity of temperatures, hours of daylight and darkness, and the overwhelming response to this expressed in the range of life forms that are part of Earth’s living garment of life. The seasonal changes that have helped humanity to shape its understanding, its imagination, and its deepest realms of creativity over our short history on the planet, continue to call us to a deep contemplation of the meaning and purpose of our lives.