Full Moon Christmas with Aviation Cocktail

This Christmas Santa will be guided by the light of the full moon. After 38 years we will be bequeathed with a full moon Christmas, which last occurred in 1977. Christmas is already a very special occasion and takes on a bit of an esoteric feel with the final full moon of the year falling…

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Winter Solstice and How Persians Celebrate

At last we have come full circle to another Winter Solstice. Tonight marks the longest night and shortest day of the year with the latest dawn and the sun at its lowest point in the sky. The solstice occurs at the same instant everywhere on Earth. This moment varies slightly every year, but always marks…

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Autumn Equinox – Inner Harvest, Mulled Wine & Sowing Roots

Say goodbye to long hot days everyone, it’s the last day of summer. Tomorrow is the Autumn Equinox, in the Northern Hemisphere, which marks the first day of fall. On this day, night and day are nearly exactly the same length all over the world. This is the reason it’s called an “equinox”, derived from…

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Celebrating Father’s Day On Summer Solstice & Pistachio Almond Chocolate Chip Cookies

Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads! Father’s Day is on the third Sunday of June. Did you know that on July 19, 1910, the governor of the U.S. state of Washington proclaimed the nation’s first “Father’s Day?” However, it was not until 1972, 58 years after President Woodrow Wilson made Mother’s Day official, that…

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Summer Solstice & Five Creative Ways to Embrace Midsummer

Tonight is Midsummer’s Eve as tomorrow, Sunday June 21st is the Summer Solstice in the northern hemisphere, and winter solstice in the southern hemisphere. Summer solstice is also called Litha—Celtic for the month of June. The date varies between June 20 and June 22 mainly due to the calendar system – most western countries use…

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Celebrating Spring Equinox

I can’t believe it’s spring already! Living in California, I feel like I got a little nipped by winter this year. Despite a few bitter cold spurts and scattered rain pour, it has more or less been a terribly warm winter in California with record breaking high temperatures for this time of the year. Nevertheless,…

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Winter Solstice & Ice Lanterns

Today is Winter Solstice, the first day of winter and the official start of the winter season.  For the Northern Hemisphere, the winter solstice marks the shortest day and longest night of the year.  As the day celebrates the rebirth of the sun and beginning of winter, it is one of the oldest winter celebrations…

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