Solstice
Winter solstice in the northern hemisphere is due to occur about seven hours from now. I'll be on a plane...
Archive for Nature
Spring
Thursday I wasn't up to posting my usual cheerful vernal-equinox post, and then I had no time Friday and then...
The Dead Phone: A comic monologue in one brief act
Me: Oh, no! My phone has run out of battery! Me: Alas! I cannot read while I walk, as I...
Solstice
Here in the northern hemisphere, the winter solstice happened three hours ago. In honor of the sun beginning its gradual...
Spring!
I somehow managed to miss the equinox again. In 2011, I didn't post my traditional spring post because sad stuff...
Happy equinox!
Only six more months until the days (in the Northern hemisphere) start to get longer again! (Added later: My phrasing...
Spring mourning
It has long been my tradition to post my favorite bit of Swinburne on the day of the vernal equinox....
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...
Equinox in socks
A couple of weeks ago, I was thinking "The spring equinox is coming up, but I'm sure not feeling very...
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...
Cute baby-animal photos
I wonder which there are more of on the the Internet: cute animal photos or porn photos. Anyway. Kam and...
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...