Archive for June, 2004
Hours of Daylight – 15:39 Yesterday was the official kickoff the the brand-new Hiawatha Light Rail line and in many ways it was a victim of its own success. It was quite the festive occasion. There were all manner of celebratory stuff at most of the stops along the route. Annette and i decided to get a fairly [ READ MORE ]
Hours of Daylight – 15:40 Notice the days have not yet begun to shrink. Actually they have, but the consumer level timekeeping source i’m using doesn’t relect the modest changes that are now occuring. Today my focus is the weather of the upper midwest. There is an old saying in and around New England (probably started in [ READ MORE ]
Hours of Daylight – 15:40 Today’s the day… the summer solstice. We have over 15 hours of daylight to revel in today. Notice i hilighted the word daylight. It’s not 15 hours of illuminated sky, it’s 15 hours and 40 minutes of visible sun. The actual day lasts much longer. After today we begin the slide [ READ MORE ]
Hours of Daylight – 15:39 Shortly after i arrived in Minnesota and began my chronical of experiences and observations several people wrote to me, taking me to task for my disparaging comments. I’m all about dialog, so i was happy as could be to reply. Problem was most of their comments to me assumed facts not [ READ MORE ]
Here we have the actual photographic “proof” that i did indeed attempt to catch a fish on this past Sunday. [ READ MORE ]