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April Showers are Bringing May Flowers!

May 1, 2026 JanF 2

At Winter Solstice, the light begins to return – gradually, the memory of the long nights fades until the light and dark are equal on Spring Equinox. From that point on,  the light returns more […]

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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: April 26th

April 25, 2026 JanF 55

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April 4, 2026 JanF 48

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Springing into Spring – No Kidding!

March 20, 2026 JanF 3

Today, March 20th, at 7:46am Mountain Standard Time (my time!), the Spring Equinox will occur. An equinox occurs twice a year (around 20 March and 22 September), when the tilt of the Earth’s axis is […]

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March 14, 2026 JanF 54

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March 7, 2026 JanF 66

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April Showers are Bringing May Flowers!

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May 1, 2026 2
At Winter Solstice, the light begins to return – gradually, the memory of the long nights fades until the light and dark are equal on Spring Equinox. From that point on,  the light returns more [...]

Springing into Spring – No Kidding!

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March 20, 2026 3
Today, March 20th, at 7:46am Mountain Standard Time (my time!), the Spring Equinox will occur. An equinox occurs twice a year (around 20 March and 22 September), when the tilt of the Earth’s axis is [...]
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Spring is in the air!

February 1, 2026 2
At the beginning of February, when much of the north appears frozen and lifeless, there are stirrings below the surface and in the sky. The light is returning; today there is nearly an hour more [...]
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Welcome, Returning Light!

December 21, 2025 5
The winter solstice “occurs exactly when the Earth’s axial tilt is farthest away from the sun at its maximum of 23° 26′. Though the winter solstice lasts only a moment in time, the term is [...]
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Entering the Quiet Time as We Leaf the Light Behind

September 22, 2025 3
An equinox occurs twice a year, when the tilt of the Earth’s axis is inclined neither away from nor towards the Sun, the Sun being vertically above a point on the Equator. The latitudes +L [...]

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