Those who follow my blog know I love to celebrate the seasons, much as humanity has celebrated seasons since time immemorial. I always try to get an ode in to the season du jour, be it fall, winter, spring or summer, and revel in the ebb and flow of nature, perhaps more introspectively during fall, … [Read more…]
The advance of our science begets knowledge — and control — of our environment, so much so we often seem not of this world but above it. Grand masters. But there’s no escaping we are part of nature and sometimes it’s a microscopic thing like the corana virus that reminds us of how intimately we … [Read more…]
Happy Winter Solstice by Carl Kruse Since before anyone kept records people have celebrated Winter Solstice, the shortest day-longest night of the year, and that happens to be today. And every year around now I share a quick note to celebrate the solstice ( See https://carlkruse.org/happy-winter-solstice/ for a similar solstician greeting.) In prehistoric times people … [Read more…]
Here’s To A Great Summer Solstice By Carl Kruse The ebb and flow of the seasons is one of life’s constants and today is the Summer Solstice, the longest day, shortest night of the year, marking the beginning of summer. Some say it marks mid-summer, but no matter. Water flows, flowers bloom, trees sashay, the … [Read more…]
Spring Is Here by Carl Kruse The seasons are always turning but there are special moments and today we pass through one of them, the vernal equinox, or the first day of spring in the northern hemisphere. The center of the sun today aligns with the equator, and day and night — light and dark … [Read more…]
Before anyone kept records we have been celebrating Winter Solstice, the shortest day ( longest night) of the year. In prehistoric times people were afraid the sun would not return and performed elaborate rituals to encourage it back. In Roman times Saturnalia took place around December 25th, the date of the solstice in the Julian … [Read more…]