Saturday, September 22, 2018

Still Life with Robin: Equal Time for Daylight

by Peggy Robin

Happy Autumnal Equinox! 

On this day we’ll get as close it’s possible to get to an equal division of daylight/darkness. If, like me, you get a little kick from tossing out bits of scientific trivia about the equinox, not caring whether you come across as a giant geo-nerd, here’s a good place to pick up some nuggets:
https://www.almanac.com/content/first-day-fall-autumnal-equinox 

If you’d like to be a bit more entertaining and pop-science-y with your equinox trivia, then go to Vox.com for a listicle with “8 Things to Know about the First Day of Autumn”:
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/9/20/17873846/fall-equinox-2018-autumnal

If you were hoping that the official arrival of autumn in Washington, DC would break the long dreary spell of stormy/rainy/cloudy days – and omnipresent mugginess – even on those few days giving us glimpses of sun! – I’m afraid you’re going to be disappointed this weekend: 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2018/09/21/pm-update-cooler-through-weekend-with-rain-becoming-likely-saturday-night-sunday/?utm_term=.253110bd41ff 

Keep that dehumidifier running! Sooner or later, some crisp, clear fall weather days must come along.

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Still Life with Robin is published on the Cleveland Park Listserv and on All Life Is Local on Saturdays

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