Guest columnists Steven Botkin and Rob Okun: Light at the dark of the year Top view thirties retro writers desk with typewriter on old wooden background table top. mactrunk Out beyond ideas of wrong-doing and right-doing there is a field. I'll meet you there. —Rumi With the winter solstice a few days away, people are gathering in ritual and celebration — lighting candles and kindling fires in the darkness. We believe this act of bringing light into the world at the darkest times makes a difference. As 2020 draws to a close, the darkness has never before felt more dark and the yearning for light more urgent.