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Spring!

I somehow managed to miss the equinox again. In 2011, I didn't post my traditional spring post because sad stuff... (More...)

Happy equinox!

Only six more months until the days (in the Northern hemisphere) start to get longer again! (Added later: My phrasing... (More...)

Spring mourning

It has long been my tradition to post my favorite bit of Swinburne on the day of the vernal equinox.... (More...)

America's Stonehenge, alpacas, and leaf-peeping

On Monday, Julia and I set out for a leaf-peeping expedition to New Hampshire. I had spent a while looking... (More...)

Equinox in socks

A couple of weeks ago, I was thinking "The spring equinox is coming up, but I'm sure not feeling very... (More...)

No one can hold back the dawn

An hour from now, at 9:47 a.m. California time, our sun will reach its apparent southernmost point; the subsolar point... (More...)

Cute baby-animal photos

I wonder which there are more of on the the Internet: cute animal photos or porn photos. Anyway. Kam and... (More...)

In the morning

Only two more days 'til Winter Solstice. Here in California, it'll happen Monday morning at 9:47 a.m. I'm really really... (More...)

Junk mail from environmentalists

Apparently when you buy a house, all sorts of groups decide that you must have money that you want to... (More...)

Et in Acadia ego (part 2)

Thursday, as noted at the end of part one, we went whale-watching, on a tour run by Bar Harbor Whale... (More...)

Et in Acadia ego (part 1)

(I think Kendra was the one who suggested the pun I'm using as the title of this entry, shortly after... (More...)

Roll of thunder

Sitting in M&K's living room, seeing occasional huge flashing lightning bursts off to the north, followed ten or fifteen seconds... (More...)

Online snowflake makers

Amtrak's snowflake maker is pretty cute--simulating cutting a snowflake out of paper. Needs Flash, I think. What appears to be... (More...)

Spring!

Last week, I was sad to realize that I had completely failed to notice the Spring Equinox as it went... (More...)

Bunny

On Saturday, I was gearing up to do some house-cleaning when Twig showed up. She had left her stuff at... (More...)

Daylight's return

This year's winter solstice will occur at 7:22 p.m. Eastern (US) Standard Time on December 21. Which is to say,... (More...)

Solstice

I slept right through the summer solstice this morning. Which is good, because it was at 5:26 a.m. California time.... (More...)

Vernal

About fifteen minutes from now as I type this will be the spring equinox. Yay spring! (Or alternatively, yay fall... (More...)

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