Philosophy
"Favorite season" poll
Favorite season...Spring...1Summer...0Autumn...1Winter...0How fortunate the Earth is to experience seasonal changes--thanks to the Moon and Sun. Deprived are the citizens that live in polar and equatorial regions that don't experience seasonal changes. Sure, there are extremes in the summer and winter seasons but it is always comforting to experience spring and autumn.
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Winter Solstice 2013
A short day of freezing rain, then snow...argh! A long distance friend wrote... Happy Solstice! by Laurel Kornfeld December 21st, 2013 Today is one of those days when I will deviate from the usual Pluto-centered entries to honor an...
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Monolith At Gardom's Edge
Designated Britain's first National Park in 1951, the area has two distinct landscapes. In the south are the gently rolling hills of the limestone White Peak. To the north, west and east are the wild, heather-clad moorlands of the Dark Peak peat bogs,...
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Laurel's 2010 Winter Solstice Experience
There is beauty and meaning in the seemingly deadness of Winter and especially on the shortest day of the year...the Winter Solstice. My friend Laurel Kornfeld has written a fine narrative of an astronomical event and the significance of the event she...
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Sad And Rsad--depression
We had a major snow storm this past weekend and it brought back thoughts of the psychological states of Seasonal Affective Disorder [SAD] and Reverse Seasonal Affective Disorder [RSAD]. Heavy clouds and lots of snow...and it was late March. This has...
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Full Hunters' Moon Or Harvest Moon
It is a time of reflection on the passing of Summer and beginning of Fall. I suppose Fall, resplendent will a palate of colors, is a reward for mankind's tedious Summer blast of blazing sunshine and incessant humid, hot weather...soon to be replaced...
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