Easy Summer Solstice Cupcakes
Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year and the beginning of the summer season, is upon us June 21 this year, at 11:29 Universal Time, or 7:29 am on the U.S.’ east coast. Throughout the Northern...
View ArticleGreeting Summer Solstice at Muir Beach
I last posted about Summer Solstice and the summer solstice cupcakes that we like to make to celebrate the longest day of the year and the beginning of the summer season. I also mentioned the...
View ArticleLook up! It’s the Geminid Meteor Shower and a Lunar Eclipse
Now playing overhead: The dramatic Geminid Meteor Shower, which many astronomers agree is the best meteor shower of the year. Following that, stargazers could keep their necks craned for 2010′s only...
View ArticleGroundhog Day: Punxsutawney Phil Predicts Early Spring
Groundhog Day, February 2, has basically everything going for it that I love in a holiday — It marks a point in a season; it’s full of folklore and wisdom, superstition, ceremony, civic charm,...
View ArticleHappy Summer! Easy Summer Solstice Cupcakes
Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year and the beginning of the summer season, is upon us June 21 this year, at 17:17 Universal Time, or 1:17 pm on the U.S.’ east coast, 10:17 am on the west....
View ArticleHappy Winter Solstice 2011!
Winter Solstice is just about here, in the Northern Hemisphere — Our longest night and shortest day of the year, when Winter will officially begin at 5:30 a.m., Coordinated Universal Time, on Dec. 22...
View ArticleGroundhog Day: Punxsutawney Phil Sees His Shadow
Update:In the Feb. 2 early morning on Gobbler’s Knob, Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow for the 99th time to predict 6 more weeks of winter. Jan. 30 – Groundhog Day, February 2, has basically everything...
View ArticleCelebrate the Winter Solstice
There’s something about the solstice, the precise and dramatic moments when one season moves into another. These moments allow us to pause and reflect on the turning of the year, as well as mark the...
View ArticleHave Some Shadowy Fun on Groundhog Day
Just in! Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow. He predicted an early spring on Groundhog Day. Groundhog Day, February 2, has basically everything going for it that I love in a holiday — It marks a...
View ArticleHappy Summer! Easy Summer Solstice Cupcakes
Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year and the beginning of the summer season, is upon us June 21 this year, at 05:04 Universal Time, or 1:04 am on the U.S.’ east coast, 10:04 pm, June 20, on...
View ArticleCelebrate the Winter Solstice
There’s something about the solstice, the precise and dramatic moments when one season moves into another. These moments allow us to pause and reflect on the turning of the year, as well as mark the...
View ArticleHave Some Shadowy Fun on Groundhog Day
Just in! Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow. He predicted an six more weeks of winter on Groundhog Day. Groundhog Day, February 2, has basically everything going for it that I love in a holiday — It...
View ArticleHave Some Shadowy Fun on Groundhog Day
Just in! Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow. He predicted an six more weeks of winter on Groundhog Day. Groundhog Day, February 2, has basically everything going for it that I love in a holiday — It...
View ArticleHave Some Shadowy Fun on Groundhog Day
Update: Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow today, which predicts an early spring. Groundhog Day, February 2, has basically everything going for it that I love in a holiday – It marks a point in...
View ArticleWelcome Summer Solstice 2016 with a Full Moon
Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year and the beginning of summer, occurs on June 20, 2016, at 22:42 Universal Time (6:42 p.m. on the U.S. east coast, 3:42 p.m. on the west.) Throughout the...
View ArticleHappy Winter Solstice 2011!
Winter Solstice is just about here, in the Northern Hemisphere — Our longest night and shortest day of the year, when Winter will officially begin at 5:30 a.m., Coordinated Universal Time, on Dec. 22...
View ArticleGroundhog Day: Punxsutawney Phil Sees His Shadow
Update:In the Feb. 2 early morning on Gobbler’s Knob, Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow for the 99th time to predict 6 more weeks of winter. Jan. 30 – Groundhog Day, February 2, has basically everything...
View ArticleCelebrate the Winter Solstice
There’s something about the solstice, the precise and dramatic moments when one season moves into another. These moments allow us to pause and reflect on the turning of the year, as well as mark the...
View ArticleHave Some Shadowy Fun on Groundhog Day
Just in! Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow. He predicted an early spring on Groundhog Day. Groundhog Day, February 2, has basically everything going for it that I love in a holiday — It marks a...
View ArticleHappy Summer! Easy Summer Solstice Cupcakes
Updated for 2014 – Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year and the beginning of the summer season, is upon us June 21 this year, at 05:04 10:51 Universal Time, or 1:04 3:51 am on the U.S.’ east...
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