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Christmas at Barky Manor
The festive Yuletide table with flowers, bayberry candles, and crackers It was Sister Dear who christened our house “Barky Manor,” because we nearly always had a dog or two running about. […]
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Late Summer in the Mt. Baker Wilderness Area – Who Shrunk the Glaciers?
Mt. Baker as seen from the foot of Table Mt. along Ptarmigan Ridge Trail. Facing Northeast are Park and Rainbow Glaciers. Coleman Pinnacle juts upward before the glaciers. The foreground and midground are various levels […]
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Entering the Quiet Time as We Leaf the Light Behind
An equinox occurs twice a year, when the tilt of the Earth’s axis is inclined neither away from nor towards the Sun, the Sun being vertically above a point on the Equator. The latitudes +L […]
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President Biden: “What the states are doing is the most dangerous threat to the integrity of free and fair elections in our history.”
From the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia – President Biden: In 2020, election officials, the entire electoral system, withstood unrelenting political attacks, physical threats, intimidation, and pressure. They did so with unyielding courage and faith […]
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President Biden: “We can win the future if we seize the momentum and #BuildBackBetter”
From Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, Ohio – President Biden speaks about the economy. We’re at an inflection point in American history. It happens every several generations. We have a chance to seize the economic […]
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April Showers are Bringing May Flowers!
At Winter Solstice, the light begins to return – gradually, the memory of the long nights fades until the light and dark are equal on Spring Equinox. From that point on, the light returns more […]
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Nooksack River Rapids at Horseshoe Bend in Early Spring
6 April, 2021 Mt. Baker National Forest Whatcom Co. WA It was a nice day with temps predicted to be up to 50F. And it was spring break for my nature trekking […]
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Springing into Spring – No Kidding!
Today, March 20th, at 4:37am Central Daylight Time (my time!), the Spring Equinox occurred. An equinox occurs twice a year (around 20 March and 22 September), when the tilt of the Earth’s axis is inclined […]
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Spring is in the air!
At the beginning of February, when the earth appears frozen and lifeless, there are stirrings below the surface and above us in the sky. The light is returning; today there is nearly an hour more […]
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Welcome, Returning Light!
The winter solstice “occurs exactly when the Earth’s axial tilt is farthest away from the sun at its maximum of 23° 26′. Though the winter solstice lasts only a moment in time, the term is […]