Category Archives: Rambles

Bits and pieces provoked by moving through space, history, and the calendar.

Lunar Tunes

Happy Lunar New Year! As I write this it started yesterday (Saturday, Feb 10), but celebrants carry on their festivities for 15 days, so we have ample time to get with it. Continue reading

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Your 2024 Planner

Resources for enjoying 2024 palindromic dates and stuff happening overhead. Way overhead. Continue reading

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Another Honours List

Your list may vary. Continue reading

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Wonders Brought to Life

It’s good to be in the moment. And to be outside it. Continue reading

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For the Glory of the Skies

Look over: Look way over. Continue reading

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The Night Lengthens . . .

“There are only two times of the year when the Earth’s axis is tilted neither toward nor away from the sun, resulting in a “nearly” equal amount of daylight and darkness at all latitudes…. The “nearly” equal hours of day and night is due to refraction of sunlight or a bending of the light’s rays that causes the sun to appear above the horizon when the actual position of the sun is below the horizon.” You’ll be relieved to know that this is the last you’ll hear of these mechanics from me. Continue reading

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Hold Out Your Hand

A half-century-plus? Are you kidding me? Continue reading

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Loony Tunes and Others

Another Canada Day. Continue reading

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Happy Victoria Day

How old am I? Old enough to forget about long weekends, that’s how. Continue reading

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