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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 […]
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Two Rivers and Their Environs in the Cascade Mountains
North Fork of the Nooksack River at Horseshoe Bend Pacific Northwest Cascade Mountains Mt. Baker — Snoqualmie National Forest During the last week of October and first week of November I took a couple of […]
Biden-Harris 2020
President-Elect Joe Biden: “A record number of Americans have given us a mandate for action.”
President-Elect Joe Biden spoke to the nation from Wilmington, Delaware. A record number of Americans have given us a mandate for action on COVID, the economy, climate change, systemic racism. They made it clear they […]
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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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August Sub-alpine Wild Flowers in the Mt. Baker – Snoqualmie National Forest
August 8, 2020 North Cascades, Washington State As I do each August with my kids and now grand kids, I again ventured to the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest to see the peak of the wildflowers. They […]
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AIDS Walk Austin is, of course, virtual this year
So there is nothing normal about anything this year. No big gatherings — Austin’s Pride is normally this time of year, because the students have come back & we wanted to welcome them. But no […]
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“Give Thanks for the Blessings”
Happy Lammas!! Hey, wait just a minute! Those are happy llamas … which is not the same thing at all! Today is August 1st, the pagan holiday of Lammas or First Harvest. It is the […]
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Summer Sunning!
Today marks the Summer Solstice. Astronomically, it looks like this: The Summer Solstice occurs exactly when the Earth’s axial tilt is most inclined towards the sun at its maximum of 23° 26′. The seasonal significance […]
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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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Life in a Home for the Aged
Barky Manor in its heyday (2007) A few years ago I wrote an essay titled “The Weirdness of Planning for Extreme Old Age,” in which I described our ill-fated attempt to move to a retirement […]