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Equinox

~ew

~bartender? a latte macchiato first, and after sunset a coffee, black, "as the night is black in Africa!"

~bartender snickers while being busy with the machine. He inquires about the strange choice.

Well, today day and night meet half way, don't they?

Yes, well, they do. So the shadow map on good ol' sunclock will flip to the other side. Which reminds me of Vi, having determined the day of the solstice using "first principles", i.e. a shadow casting stick and a ruler.

gemini://vigrey.com/journal/determining-time-from-first-principles-update-1.gmi

https://vigrey.com/journal/determining-time-from-first-principles-update-1.html

And which reminds me of this picture, even though it is a bit advanced using modern digital photography ...

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220918.html

Enjoy!

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~beefox wrote:

blessed maron or ostara (depending if you are southern or northern respectively!)