Just by way of observing it, welcome to beginning of summer in earth's northern hemisphere and the official beginning of winter in the s...

Behold the Good Vibe Solar Collector. Even in the worst of times, there is always something to be grateful for. If I can do it so can you, a...

Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying the longest day of year 2021 north of the equator was two days late. I am late writing about it, ...

 - Happy Vernal Equinox - beginning of spring in Earth's northern hemisphere beginning of autumn in Earth's southern hemisphere Alon...

In the year 1226, as Genghis Khan strode across the earth, he saw the Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in the night sky, a sublime ev...

My eight-year-old grandson to his mother the other day . . . Frank's flowers "Mom, this is all so big. First the Covid, then th...

Today is the apex of light in earth's northern hemisphere. Given the pandemic, I'm not feeling particularly cheery at the moment but...

Sunday, December 22 at 04:19 UTC, is the exact moment of winter solstice this year in the Northern Hemisphere. Adjusted to my local time th...

I'm mostly ignorant of the solstice and equinox mysteries and rituals through the millennia. I haven't even watched the sun rise on ...

In the southern hemisphere this is the shortest day of the year, the longest night, the pause, the time of in-going and renewal, the beginni...

It's the Winter Solstice toady and the full moon and there's a meteor shower. Much afoot in the heavens and here on earth. For me, i...

Thunder and rain all night and now a cloudy, humid morning. It's almost feels tropical but this is Portland Oregon so I'm not co...

Winter Solstice, a poem and the science . . . First the poetry Christmas is a few days off. Nostalgia and expectations are high. Neighb...

Vienna at twilight Once again, the beginning of autumn. The equinox. I'm in Vienna. The equinox here is at 20:02 this evening then ...

It's morning in America, 06:33 AM PST when I started this post and the first day of Spring. For Pearl , a flickr friend in Australia, to...

Longest day, shortest night and the official beginning of summer in the Western Hemisphere. Now, I'm going to go do a Summer Solstice...

Gotta go. It's going to be snowing in the mountains today and we have to get over the pass. Put a log on the fire.  Time to celebrate...

The gulp of magpies just left after a quick breakfast of peanuts and cookie crumbs. We picked out the chocolate. Bad for birds. They came la...

photo via Story Midwife

Happy Summer Solstice.