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Winter Solstice 2017

Today marks the Winter Solstice in the northern hemisphere. It is Yule, Midwinter’s Day and Night, as I never tire of relating on this blog (see Season of Darkness, Season of Light, or enter “winter solstice” in our search window). … Continue reading

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Turning Toward the Light

Today, according to the U.S. Naval Observatory, our local daylight begins to increase. Here on the homestead, we reached the Winter Solstice daylight low of 6 hours and 8 minutes on December 19th, remaining there till yesterday, December 22nd. Today, … Continue reading

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