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Category: calendar, seasons, time
The Burning of the Barrels
This wild event, Continue reading “The Burning of the Barrels”
My Name is a Joke
“Remember, remember, the Fifth of November, gunpowder, treason, and plot.” And then remember, on the next day Continue reading “My Name is a Joke”
New Moon and coinciding New Years
New Moon was on September 9 (at 18h Universal Time), so the Moon is barely above the horizon at sunset.
The last high tide
This weekend’s high tides won’t really be the last, but they may be Continue reading “The last high tide”
Daylight Shifted
The night between Saturday and Sunday, March 24 and 25, was shortened Continue reading “Daylight Shifted”
Thanksgiving across the pond
We Americans sailed up the Thames to get to a Thanksgiving Day service.
The Eclipse is Just Two Lunations Away
What is new in this view of Friday’s evening sky?
Palm Sunday
St. Paul’s Cathedral is in the dense heart of the City of London, but since 2000 there has been a bracingly open way to approach it: along the Thames in one of the river buses, then, from the Globe Theatre on the south bank, across the Millennium Footbridge.
Clock time and the wisdom of babes
Clocks were turned one hour forward in Europe Continue reading “Clock time and the wisdom of babes”