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Winter Solstice

December 20, 2020 / 2 Comments
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A quick peek at the blog shows how much we like to celebrate the change of seasons as we honor them each time they come around – Summer, Fall, Spring, and Winter. And now Winter again. For this post Fraser Hibbitt takes over the reins to welcome Winter Solstice, once again. Carl Kruse The cycle … [Read more…]

Posted in: Science, Seasons, Winter Tagged: Carl Kruse Blog, Change of Seasons, Fraser Hibbitt, Winter Solstice

Happy Summer Solstice

June 22, 2020 / 3 Comments
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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…]

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It’s Spring Again

March 20, 2020 / 8 Comments

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…]

Posted in: Carl Kruse, Science, Seasons, Spring Tagged: carl kruse, Seasons, Spring, Vernal Equinox

Happy Autumnal Equinox

September 23, 2019 / 6 Comments

Living north of the equator it’s three short months between the Summer Solstice and the Autumn Equinox. Summer comes and goes quickly and when mid-September comes, we know it’s all nearing a close. The heat of summer often lingers while the light declines and the withering leaves crackle underfoot as the trees begin their seasonal … [Read more…]

Posted in: Autumn, Carl Kruse, Seasons Tagged: Autumnal Equinox, Carl Kruse Blog, Fall, Introspection

Winter Solstice Again

December 21, 2017 / 6 Comments

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…]

Posted in: Carl Kruse, Holidays, Seasons, Winter Tagged: carl kruse, Seasons, Winter, Winter Solstice

Summer Solstice

June 21, 2017 / 4 Comments
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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…]

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Happy Vernal Equinox

March 20, 2017 / 4 Comments
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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…]

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Happy Winter Solstice

December 22, 2015 / 8 Comments

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…]

Posted in: Carl Kruse, Holidays, Seasons, Winter Tagged: carl kruse, Seasons, Winter, Winter Solstice

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