How the years go by
It occurred to me Sunday evening that it's been fifteen years (plus a week) since the end of my Wanderjahr....
Archive for Time
Early memories?
It occurs to me that some of my friends' kids are older than I was in my earliest memories, which...
Darkness into light
Sometimes around this time of year, we need a little hope to carry us through to brighter days. Here are...
Solstice
All day today, I kept reminding myself that this year's winter solstice was going to be at 9:30 tonight, California...
Spring mourning
It has long been my tradition to post my favorite bit of Swinburne on the day of the vernal equinox....
Awaits the sun’s return
This year's winter solstice occurs today at 3:38 p.m. California time. And none too soon. As is traditional 'round these...
Happy holidays!
I'm once again engaging in my quixotic (and only half-serious) pursuit of reclaiming the phrase “happy holidays!” Shana tova and...
Marcy’s birthday
Today my mother would have been sixty-seven years old. I'm not sure I can really imagine her at sixty-seven. She...
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...
What time zone am I in?
Arrived at the Bozeman airport on time, turned on my iPhone, and was surprised to discover that it was after...
Equinoctial
It turns out that the machines that awoke me this morning did so a mere 15 minutes or so after...