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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Hours of Daylight – 15:38
We’re now 7 days from the summer solstice. Yesterday seemed to go on forever. More on that in a moment, first i want to say that i now have two items in my wallet i never expected to have. The first is a Minnesota driver’s license, the second is a non-resident [...]
Hours of Daylight – 15:36
These past two weeks the weather has been more like Seattle or Portland, Oregon. Soaking downpours that seem to never end. Then the roads dry off only to be wet down again later in the day. Not good for the newbie motorcylist.
So the big black beast has come back from [...]
Hours of Daylight: 15:29
In a previous entry i said this was my third International Children’s Festival. That was a mistake. This would be Number FOUR. Four times i’ve wrangled school busses for this event.
Today is Friday, the last day of the “School Days.” Today will be the last bus wrangling day for me. Tomorrow begins [...]
