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A Chasing After Wind, Home of the Winds, A Chill Wind, A Welcome Wind, More Axial Rotation
For literally millenia, wind-battered reader, wind was considered not just a phenomenon of Nature, but supernatural. All major ancient human cultures had various deities associated with wind. Vayu is the Hindu god of the wind. The ancient Greeks of whom … Continue reading →
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December, Fun in the Snow and Ice, Winter Wildlife, Won’t Be Long Now
I’ve thought it curious ever since I was a grade school kid that December has stayed “December” through the centuries. Just the kind of thing a kid like me would snicker at – that the 10th month (Latin, of course, … Continue reading →
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The Rev. Dr.'s Musings on Nature, Life & Belief 