The sun will be at its northernmost point on the summer solstice on June 21. It is our longest day of the year, with sunset at 8:36 p.m., and takes its name from the Latin sol for sun and “stice” from sistere, “to stand still.” In the northern hemisphere, the earth has reached its furthest tilt toward the sun and now begins slowly tilting away.
The buffet line started on Limantour Beach recently: an osprey…