Reflecting on the Past as We Approach the New Year

Ring of Brodgar Stone Circle, Orkney, Scotland

On a narrow moor between the Loch of Harray and the Loch of Stenness, on the largest of the Orkney Islands in Scotland, there is a vast circle of 36 standing stones called the Ring of Brodgar. It was built 5,000 years ago, making it older than Stonehenge. Originally, there may have been over 60 stones.

When I see stones that have been extract­ed from the earth and then shaped and set into the ground, I think of the people who placed them there and why they chose to make this extraordinary effort.

May the new year be the start of many beneficial collaborations and achievements.