seasons

Chillin: 11 ways to stay cool on a hot summer day

July 6, 2012

Considering that the cumulative high temperature over the last 10 days has been about 1000°, and considering that my home (and home office) has no air conditioning, I have brainstormed some helpful hints on how to spend your next 60 days (or 6000°). 11. One word: basement. 10. Slather on the sunscreen and set up [...]

Balance: Heaven on earth

March 21, 2012

Earlier this week we celebrated a time of balance, the moment in which the earth is midway on her path between solstices. Even the word equinox, equal night, denotes balance. The precise time of the spring equinox was 11:14 pm where I live, so I didn’t mark it with much fanfare. However, 10 hours later, [...]

Winter, Spring, Summer or Fall

September 1, 2011

..all you have to do is remember to take a picture and where you stood three months earlier. See also:         2010                  2009  

Seasonality

October 22, 2010

I’ve done this once before, and here goes again. Last time I took quarterly photos, one each on the solstices/equinoxes. This time, I waited a few weeks for each season to settle in, because I wanted a quintessential day of the chosen season. Winter Spring Summer Fall Turn, turn, turn.

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