Happy Winter Solstice
2008-12-21 22:16:00 And here's a cake to celebrate it! Or rather, it's the table on our deck that we failed to put away before the snowstorm. The winter has barely started and we've been hit by a massive ice storm, and now non-stop snow for three days. It is still snowing heavily as I write this, and the cake will likely get taller, but being the Winter Solstice, the sun sets at 4:16pm today. I was thinking that it was unfortunate that we took our Disney vacation before winter started, and now we have the whole dreary winter to follow with nothing to look forward to. No wonder why everyone wants to go in February. And then I realized that had we gone just one week later, we would have had trouble flying in during the ice storm. And two weeks later, this snowstorm would sure have put a crimp on air travel. After the ice storm, Adam's school was closed on Monday and Tuesday last week to allow continual clearing of the roads. People were still out of power and the middle s...
By: mommy bytes
Winter Solstice 2008 caught in cat's rhyme
2008-12-21 18:37:00 Here's a photo of Topaz on a dark night, yet sometimes it's Lim who takes claw in paw and scratches a rhyme into his litter box for blog-posting: With Winter Solstice here at last we marvel how a year has passed it seems like only yesterday two-thousand-seven was in play but now 2008's short day gives up its secrets in the way a champagne glass and party horn mark Sun at zero Capricorn. -Lim
Winter Solstice - Shortest Day, Longest Night
2008-02-13 00:00:00 Saturday at 1PM EST marked the time of year when the Sun is at it's lowest point in our skies this year. Winter Solstice marks the begining of Winter and the point at which the days start to get longer. It is considered the shortest day of the year (least daylight).In ancient times, when astronomy was in fashion, the winter solstice was marked by all ki ...
Winter Solstice Labyrinth Walk…
2008-01-02 04:01:00 Winter Solstice is behind us and the light of spring soon to come. I for one could not be happier to be on the downward spin towards the light. The last several years I’ve paid more attention to changes in the seasons and special times of the year, older cultures than ours welcomed with festival. One of the events I added this Winter Solstice was a Labyrinth Walk.According to “Walking a Sacred Path; Rediscovering the Labyrinth as a Spiritual Path” by Lauren Artress, Labyrinth’s date back 4,000 years and have been a part of every religious or spiritual culture known to man. Created and tied to sacred geometry yet differing from a maze as it has no “dead ends” and is one continuous path to the center and back out.The Labyrinth above is the classic Chartres Labyrinth, laid in the cathedral floor around 1,200 AD and is similar to the small scale version I walked on the Winter Solstice. As mentioned above, Labyrinth’s have touched many faith...
By: Beyond Zen...
Winter Solstice And Mortality!
2007-12-30 00:00:00 I suppose it has something to do with age, but each year the journey toward winter solstice seems a little more daunting. As the days get shorter and my workday starts in the dark and ends in the dark, and I have to bundle up to survive the 45 second commute from my home to ...
Winter Solstice
2007-12-27 01:37:00 The Pagan celebration of Winter Solstice (also known as Yule) is one of the oldest winter celebrations in the world. Ancient people were hunters and spent most of their time outdoors. The seasons and weather played a very important part in their lives. Because of this many ancient people had a great reverence for, and even ...
By: Templar Globe
Winter Solstice - Shortest Day, Longest Night
2007-12-26 00:00:00 Saturday at 1PM EST marked the time of year when the Sun is at it's lowest point in our skies this year. Winter Solstice marks the begining of Winter and the point at which the days start to get longer. It is considered the shortest day of the year (least daylight).In ancient times, when astronomy was in fashion, the winter solstice was marked by all ki ...
Pagan Video Tuesday - Lisa Thiel - Winter Solstice Song - Yule
2007-12-25 20:01:00 Music on this video is “Winter Solstice Song” by Lisa Thiel available on her album Circle of the Seasons lyrics: Chorus: Enter the night and you?ll find the light, That will carry you to your dreams. Enter the night, let your spirit take flight, In the field of infinite possibilities On the longest night we search for the light, And we find it deep ...
Happy Winter Solstice (冬至快乐) + Merry Christmas 2007 (圣诞快乐)
2007-12-23 17:02:00 Due to some miscalculation, I'm now still eating remaining glutinous rice balls (汤圆) after the celebration of Winter Solstice (冬至). From initial calculation, the rice balls would serve me for another 2 meals. It's not a bad deal to pay RM10 in exchange for 4 meals of rice balls. I must be crazy to finish all the rice balls by myself. Anyway, before I really become crazy, or being administered in
Winter Solstice
2007-12-23 05:31:00 Return of the Nikon D70s!! Happy winter solstice everyone (what's left of it)!!! Taken on my trip yesterday to Grand Junction CO. These are the Book Cliffs, the other side of the rockies.
Ancient Tradition of Herbs on Winter Solstice
2007-12-22 21:14:00 The shortest sunlit day of the year, the Winter Solstice, is the day when the sun is farthest away and light is most remote. Celebrated the world over, and most profoundly in areas where the winter is very dark, and very long, the longest night and the shortest day of the year is when the ...
Happy Winter Solstice Atheist brothers and sisters
2007-12-22 20:22:00 In keeping with the ecumenical philosophy of Asymmetric, I'd like to wish all of my atheist brothers and sisters a Happy Solstice. In praise of atheism: 1. One of the most important observations in my life is that, in everything from football to ideology in this case, competition makes people better. Just like atheists may behave better to avoid the charge that they're God-less hedonists, I'm conscious that I represent my religion to non-Catholics. 2. Many atheist criticisms of religion are valid. 3. If one were to base judgments of people on behavior instead of ideology, of course there are moral, according to the traditional Christian concept, atheists. 4. Atheism is a perfectly reasonable philosophy: If one were to assume that there only exists the physical, then there is no God. I'm not up on the latest science, but as to how the universe came about itself, I'm sure there's some sensible non-theistic explanation. After the original creation, atheistic explanations of...
By: Asymmetric
Winter Solstice
2007-12-22 05:50:00 Winter Solstice arrives on December 22nd at 6:08 PM if I am reading the Wikipedia winter solstice entry correctly. Last year for the Winter Solstice I put clocks on this blog... a dancing Santa Clock and a clock with planets... I guess the Santa was just for fun, the planets have more to do with the Winter Solstice which is all about time and space. The Winter Solstice is the longest night of the year... hence the photo of the moon.... Ohio Public Library Information Network says the Winter Solstice is December 21? And that this winter holiday was called Saturnalia by the Romans. The word Solstice has to do with the sun? It is the shortest sunlight of the year... longest night. Have you heard about FreeRice.com ? Feed the hungry while working on your vocabulary... your kids vocabulary? It's multiple choice... The ads on the site pay for the rice but each right answer is only worth grains of rice. One word I got on FreeRice.com when I ...
Winter Solstice
2007-12-22 02:23:00 Winter strike zones shrink as water temperatures drop. The colder the water for most species, the smaller the strike zone, making it even more important for an “in your face” presentation. Baitfish continually swim, with brief periods of stopping. The problem with most baitfish imitations is that they only look natural when they’re moving. As soon as they’re stopped, they sink to the bottom and lay on their sides…not so with a shrimp. In nature, shrimp sit on the bottom, bury in the mud or grass, and basically do nothing. They’re not swimming most the time like most baitfish, but do drift with the current. Artificial shrimp, like those from DOA Lures can mimic this crustacean to the letter. This bait can stay in the strike zone as long as desired, giving fish an opportunity to eat it. Some new suspending baitfish imitations like the Rapala Twitchin’ Rap and the MirrOlure MirrOdine and MirrOminnow can be worked slowly enough and “hover” in the water column for a sim...
By: Fishing4idiots
The Winter Solstice, the Grinch and Santa Clause - Brrrr
2007-12-22 00:00:00 Today is the winter solstice - the shortest, coldest day of the year. This is the day that has forever been used for ‘bringing in the light‘ ceremonies. These ceremonies serve to spiritually ask the light to return, since if it were to keep on getting smaller and colder, it wouldn’t be long before we ...AstrologyChick Recommends: Horoscope Pride? Show some team Spirit
Happy Winter Solstice
2007-12-21 09:51:00 To greet you today, I’m offering you some links as gifts. TODAY IN HISTORY from The Library of Congress “American Memory” project is about as sweet as they come with snipets of poetry, photos, audio files of songs, and…the derivation of the word “winter.” The trailer for the film WINTER SOLSTICE with an ensemble cast of ...
118th Carnival of Debt Reduction - Winter Solstice Edition
2007-12-17 15:00:00 Welcome to the 118th Carnival of Debt Reduction - Winter Solstice Edition! This week in Earth's orbit, our hemisphere is the tilted away from the sun - minimizing our precious daylight hours. Since most of our days will be night this week, I thought we should look to the stars to guide us through debt reduction. I'll be highlighting some of the constellations that will be visible at winter solstice (December 22 at 1:08 am EST).Editor's Picks with Ursula MajorThe Big Dipper is perhaps the most distinctive pattern in the year-round night sky. It is part of the Ursala Major constellation, Latin for the Great Bear. You'll be able to see Ursala Major on the solstice. Look in the north-east sky you'll see her tail pointing down to the horizon.Lynnae presents 12 Days of Christmas - Personal Finance Style posted at beingfrugal.net. She kicks off the 12 Days of Christmas with the first principle (and possibly the most distinctive pattern) of debt reduction - spend less than you e...
By: Me vs Debt
Pagan Ritual Thursday - Yule - Winter Solstice - Youtube Videos and Rites
2007-12-13 08:01:00 Temple of Astral Light in Albany, New York on December 16, 2006 Winter Solstice Procession in Sacramento California - 2006 _____________________ Interfaith Yule Ritual - Atlanta Cat, Jack Mitchell, Karin Arnst, and Shawn Lassiter Yule - 1984- Julia Phillips 1996 Yule Ritual - Zephyr Family Yule Ritual - Wind*Dancer Crone Goddess Yule Rite - Ayla
Pagan Video Tuesday - Merry Yuletide - Winter Solstice - Holidays - Xmas -
2007-11-27 05:01:00 pipes and pagan imagery by CelticGlow uploaded to Youtube yesterday Chalice Well world peace gardens winter solstice celebration 2006 A Pagan Yule Greeting from BurntPageFilms 2006 Happy Holidays Mama Kelly
Late winter solstice (??) & Kung-bao chicken (????)
2007-01-24 10:21:04 hah, its winter solstice again (??)!! Although the exact date of chinese winter solstice should be around 22 Dec.. These are the glutinous rice balls (tang yuan- ??) made by JoeQ & me..Later that in the evening, the whole house left only me n JoeQ & of coz zhibi acrix.. so Joe n me cooked some simple dinner ourselves.. The main course is Kung-bao chicken.. (????).. the following were the steps to prepare it.. :P All steps are figure out myself, with some hints i saw from another friend's cooking.. :P1. prepared some sliced dried chili, onions & chicken cut into small pieces..2. Heat up some oil in a stir fry pan & fry the prepared dried chili until u can smell the strong chili smell, add in the onions later and stir fry for a while..3. Add in all the chicken pieces, stir fry to mix it well with the chili & onions.. sprinkle some water & cover up the fry pan with a suitable cover for 5-10 minutes.. Check for uncooked meat, sometimes it might not have sufficient time to c...
By: Juz zh1yong
Newgrange: Photos of the winter solstice 2006
2006-12-23 06:47:01 Photos by Michael Fox.See the photos here...
Ancient Irish Tomb Big Draw at Winter Solstice
2006-12-12 12:35:01 From December 19 to 23?if the weather cooperates?20 lucky people a day will crowd into an ancient Irish monument's main chamber. There, they'll bathe in 17 minutes of light put off by the rising sun on the shortest days of the year. This year about 28,000 people applied to take part in the ritual at the Newgrange monument, located in the Irish countryside in County Meath, reports the Br na |
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