Tomorrow, June 21, marks the end of Spring, beginning of Summer. You can read all the details about why that occurs on this site: http://geography.about.com/od/physicalgeography/a/summersolstice.htm and learn a lot about the earth’s relationship to the sun. However, rather than get bogged down in the details, I want to reflect on the meaning of Summer from
Spring in northern New Mexico often brings along gusty conditions and sometimes relentless wind that seems not to stop, just subside for awhile before picking up again. It also brings a lot of dust and sand and a high pollen count which contributes to the allergy suffering of dripping, runny noses, itching eyes and lots
T’was the day before Christmas and all through the land No one was playing, not even the band. People were traveling from near and far Some by airplane and others by car. Many were troubled by visions in their head Of children so beautiful and now they are dead. Mothers and fathers with tears in
Today is the first full day of winter when the sun starts moving ever slightly north along the horizon. It’s all about the light, the return of the light on the shortest, darkest day of the year, at least in this northern hemisphere. It gives me renewed hope every year, that we will see the
According to various calculations, standards and clocks, Winter solstice in the northern hemisphere will occur this year at 11:12 AM UTC, on December 21, which is 4:12 AM Mountain Standard Time, 6:12 AM Eastern Time and 3:12 AM Pacific Time. While it happens technically at a moment in time, the recognition and celebration may occur
To understand some of the effects of video games, we need to go back to debriefings conducted by the U.S. Army after WWII. Interviewing soldiers returning from battle, researchers discovered a disturbing fact. A significant number of soldiers had been face to face with an enemy soldier, rifle in hand, enemy in their sights, gun
