Blogs about: Winter Solstice

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Dates Give Me Diarrhea10 comments

planetross wrote 1 day ago:   Why is January 1st New Year’s Day? It’s not the summer or winter solstice. It’s … more →

Tags: Comedy, Funny, Humor, Life, Personal, Random, Random Thoughts, Stuff, Thoughts

Panic2 comments

englishrain wrote 1 week ago: Today is the last day of June.  The end of the first half of the year.  And I am panicked.  Very.  I … more →

Tags: Abuse, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Mental Health, ritual abuse, Depersonalisation, Flashbacks, reincarnation, satanic ritual abuse, time

December 21, 2012 11:11 UTC - Time Conversion

The Pakalian Group of Mexico wrote 1 week ago: We have seen a confusion of this date/time which ends the Maya Calendar before 13.0.0.0 (the new cyc … more →

Tags: 2012, New Mesoamerican Mythology, Conversion, Mayan, time

Dabbling in Druidism

John MacGibbon wrote 1 week ago: Celebrants and gawpers moving, in the gathering gloom, to the Stonehenge Aoteoroa structure for the … more →

Tags: Celtic, Druids, stonehenge, wairarapa

The Measure Word for an Afanc6 comments

vgag wrote 2 weeks ago: Having confessed a few posts back that I once watched an entire season of Smallville, I must now adm … more →

Tags: History and Archaeology, Around Melbourne, mythology, merlin, BBC One Merlin, Nimueh, Whelan The Wrecker, Wales Quarry, afanc

The Night the Sun Stood Still...6 comments

SMMama wrote 2 weeks ago: Generally I am not one for celebrations of the flakey hippy kind nor the conservative Christian kind … more →

Tags: Recipes, Farm and family life, baking, Australian lifestyle, recipe, country kids, Chocolate cake, bonfire, celebrations

Twittervictor's Summer Solstice

twittervictors wrote 2 weeks ago: Yesterday we have celebrated summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere Since today the length of ea … more →

Tags: twitter, twittervictor, followers, Summer Solstice, People, Credit Card, Depression

'Let there be light'1 comment

christopbrooks wrote 2 weeks ago: For church last night, Fraser facilitated the service, Ros Wright from Whitley College preached and … more →

Tags: Alt Worship, church, CSBC, Homelessness, Prayer, Stars, Candles, water, Mud

Happy Solstice! Forecast: No Snow!

Zachary D. Lyons wrote 2 weeks ago: December 21st, 2008 -- the Winter Solstice -- and Ballard Farmers Market was open in the snow. Pho … more →

Tags: Market Experiences, ballard, Ballard Farmers Market, Farmer's Market, Food, Seattle, snow, Summer Solstice

The Longest Night

christopbrooks wrote 3 weeks ago: Cheryl Lawrie, Blythe Toll (our new Youth and Schools team recruit) and some others are curating a W … more →

Tags: Alt Worship, Art, installation art, dark, Gathering, installation, longest night, Melbourne, solstice

Celestia

christopbrooks wrote 1 month ago: Thinking of using this program at church in a couple of weeks for the Winter Solstice: … more →

Tags: church, CSBC, Stars, Collins Street Baptist Church, Celestia, Software, Open-Source

John the Baptist, myth of7 comments

chouck017894 wrote 1 month ago: June 24–or Midsummer day–is alleged in Christianity to be the birthday of John the Bapti … more →

Tags: atheist, astronomy, Bible, Religion, History, Christianity, Culture, Random, Life, science

Are the nights getting longer, or are the days getting shorter?1 comment

gullybogan wrote 1 month ago: Dear Reader, It occurred to me the other day that, as we approach the [Southern Winter] Solstice, i … more →

Tags: winter, solstice, Yule

The Snow Queen and the Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo

gullybogan wrote 1 month ago: Dear Reader, The Snow Queen’s Birthday is meant to be the start of the snow season. It’s … more →

Tags: winter, boobs, Cockatoo, naked, snow, Snow Play, solstice

The time of Matariki2 comments

Alison wrote 1 month ago: In today’s Sunday Magazine, Ray McVinnie has two recipes as a suggestion for a meal to celebra … more →

Tags: Philosophy, Mary Oliver, matariki, midwinter, Orion, Poetry, Rigel

St. Thomas' Well, Cambusbarron, Stirlingshire

megalithix wrote 1 month ago: Holy Well: OS Grid Reference – NS 779 931 Archaeology & History Right by the edge of the … more →

Tags: Holy Wells, Stirlingshire, healing, folklore, archaeology, water, Antiquities, folk lore, sacred springs

Translation tables for the Rational calendar (version 2)

Gorm wrote 2 months ago: Here’s a couple of translation tables to make the inevitable switch from the Gregorian calenda … more →

Tags: English, Calendar, Gregorian, gregorian calendar, leap years, rational calendar, rational time

Version 2 of the Rational Calendar1 comment

Gorm wrote 2 months ago: My previous suggestion was too messy. Here’s how it should be, from the beginning: The 12 mon … more →

Tags: English, Calendar, calendar reform, rational calendar, Seasons, The Week!, "the year"

6 Month Exposure of Bristol, UK

thegrip wrote 2 months ago: One of the world’s longest exposures ever. For 6 months between the winter and summer solstice, Just … more →

Tags: Art, Photography, Nature, Picture, Bristol, 6 month exposure, united kingdom, photograph, Summer Solstice


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