The night between Saturday and Sunday, March 24 and 25, was shortened Continue reading “Daylight Shifted”
Category: calendar, seasons, time
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”
How I spent spring-equinox day
There is a place called Cheam, Continue reading “How I spent spring-equinox day”
Spring coming, Venus going
The spring or vernal equinox is coming, on Monday March 20, Continue reading “Spring coming, Venus going”
Groundhog Day weather
Good morning, Tor, it’s your twelfth birthday, and also Continue reading “Groundhog Day weather”
Leap Second
Today is one second longer than other days. 2016 will be longer than other years by one day plus one second.
Martinmas, Day of the Conscientious Veteran
November 11 is Martinmas, one of the cross-quarter days, roughly half way Continue reading “Martinmas, Day of the Conscientious Veteran”