The boom of a cannon shook my window Continue reading “Vikings come raiding again”
Category: places
May Day
The London Marathon, and then May Day. In the big city, it’s certainly easier to be at happenings.
We decided to get to the great rally, Continue reading “May Day”
Longitude zero
This line
Marathon to Greenwich
Yes, Greenwich it is, not asteroid 9037 Greenwich, but the old town that is the zero point of Earth’s longitude and time.
Planet walk, and Palm Sunday equinox
It’s about 2 AM on Sunday morning, March 20. We got back yesterday evening from our trip to London and the planet walk on Fortune Green. Continue reading “Planet walk, and Palm Sunday equinox”
The Thousand-Yard Model in a London park
British Science Week is March 11 to 20: Continue reading “The Thousand-Yard Model in a London park”
Wallace and the track of next week’s eclipse
The first of this year’s two total eclipses is drawing near: March 9, to be seen from within a narrow path across the Earth:
Continue reading “Wallace and the track of next week’s eclipse”
The most beautiful place in the world
We learned from a recent newspaper item that there is a list of Britain’s “Top Ten Beaches,” calculated Continue reading “The most beautiful place in the world”
The dawn was like a red, red rose
No, it was like a gold, gold lily –
But today is Burns Day.
Dusky skies
The sky over the sea yesterday morning.
And an older painting, pulled out of a closet, of an evening scene in the agora of Athens, where Socrates used to stroll with his friends.
