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Dam Time

Time flows, but we keep trying to cut it into pieces, like using a sword to chop a river. Continue reading “Dam Time”

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Author GuyPosted on 2015-02-222016-10-30Categories astronomy, calendar, seasons, timeTags Age of Aquarius, Aquarius, astronomy, constellations, Easter, Lent, Mars8 Comments on Dam Time

After the Thunder Sleeps

First day of spring! That is, Continue reading “After the Thunder Sleeps”

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Author GuyPosted on 2015-02-172016-10-30Categories calendar, seasons, timeTags astronomy, calendar, cross-quarter days, equinox, monsoon, months, Navajo seasons, quarter days, seasons, solstic, winter5 Comments on After the Thunder Sleeps

How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck?

Tor, good morning, it’s your tenth birthday. Continue reading “How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck?”

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Author GuyPosted on 2015-02-022016-10-29Categories best?, calendar, seasons, time5 Comments on How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck?

Horny Goat

Do you feel the first stirrings of spring? Continue reading “Horny Goat”

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Author GuyPosted on 2015-01-192016-10-27Categories astronomy, calendar, seasons, time14 Comments on Horny Goat

Lilian and Julian

Are you ready already for another New Year? Continue reading “Lilian and Julian”

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Author GuyPosted on 2015-01-142016-10-27Categories calendar, seasons, time7 Comments on Lilian and Julian

Third midwinter

If you saw this morning’s sunrise, it was in a sense midwinter for you. Continue reading “Third midwinter”

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Author GuyPosted on 2015-01-052016-10-27Categories astronomy, calendar, seasons, time5 Comments on Third midwinter

“We have seen his star in the east.”

At least seven explanations of what the wise men saw Continue reading ““We have seen his star in the east.””

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Author GuyPosted on 2014-12-252016-12-28Categories astronomy, calendar, seasons, time6 Comments on “We have seen his star in the east.”

Tipping-point

Our planet’s north pole leans its farthest away from the Sun. Continue reading “Tipping-point”

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Saint Lucy and her squibs

`Tis the yeares midnight Continue reading “Saint Lucy and her squibs”

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Author GuyPosted on 2014-12-122017-02-12Categories astronomy, calendar, seasons, time, literature2 Comments on Saint Lucy and her squibs

Earliest sunset

comes tomorrow, December 8, Continue reading “Earliest sunset”

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Author GuyPosted on 2014-12-072017-02-12Categories astronomy, calendar, seasons, time4 Comments on Earliest sunset

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