Winter Solstice

Look for full moon Tuesday night

2013-03-26 07:03:00

March's full moon arrives Wednesday morning, the first to fall after the vernal equinox. It is the fourth full moon after the winter solstice, something that usually falls in April. This full moon is known by names including Grass Moon, Egg Moon,...

Look for Full Snow Moon, International Space Station in night sky this week

2013-02-25 08:27:00

The moon reaches its “fullest” phase at 3:26 p.m. today, so when it rises at about 6:05 p.m., it will be shining brightly, with clear skies expected. The International Space Station will meanwhile make a few passes over Maryland this week, but...

Love story begins with one Super Bowl, continues at another

2013-01-25 15:03:00

This is what kind of roll the Ravens are on now: they've even inspired a love story. It's not a gauzy, Hallmark Channel tale, but a story of serendipity, fate and perseverance — and a football team at the center of it all. It stars an Overlea...

Apocalypse when now? Doomsday enthusiasts are still holding out hope

2012-12-21 06:10:00

Well, 12:01 a.m. came and went (even in Mayan Time, otherwise known as Central Time) and nothing really happened. Although Annapolis was plunged into darkness and bathed in an eerie blue light, BGE assures us it wasn't apocalypse-related. Pessimists are...

Winter chill arrives with solstice

2012-12-21 10:43:00

Winter officially arrived with the solstice at 6:12 Friday morning, and along with it came a brisk wind in the Baltimore area and snow in Western Maryland. The day's high at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport came at midnight,...

Commentary: The 'end of the world' beliefs have sequels, which is a good thing

2013-01-02 12:07:00

Well, folks, we've done it. Fourteen days have passed since the world was supposed to end, and it just didn't happen. Glory be to the Mayan civilization that set us up, but, hey, it wasn't their fault if we missed the fact that all calendars come to an...

Winter has arrived and Christmas is coming in HdG

2012-12-19 10:31:55

It's winter; brrr, dear readers, Old Man Winter and Jack Frost are teaming up to blast us this winter. Get prepared for a possible snowy, blowy, cold, white winter. The winter solstice and the shortest/darkest day of the year is Saturday, Dec. 22. The...

The inspiration of dark evenings

2012-12-02 05:00:00

How the days and months seem to have melted away — melted away from dawns to darkest evenings that arrive earlier each day. We are now approaching "the darkest evening of the year," as one of our favorite American poets, Robert Frost, mentioned at...

After Tuesday, daylight dips below 12 hours

2012-09-25 07:33:00

Sunshine is in the forecast again today. Enjoy it while it lasts. Tuesday is the last day of the year with more daylight than darkness -- by about 30 seconds. The sun rose at 6:57 a.m. and will set at about 6:58 p.m., for a total of about 12 hours and 30...

Morning chill coldest since June

2012-09-10 06:35:00

Temperatures dipped into the upper 50s both Sunday and Monday mornings at BWI Marshall Airport for the first time in more than two months. Is it beginning to feel like fall? BWI reached 59 for a second day in a row from 6-7 a.m. The last time that...

Sunsets to start getting later again after Friday

2012-12-07 06:51:00

We are still about two weeks away from the shortest day of the year, but after Friday night, the early winter sunsets will start shifting later again. The difference between sunset times from Dec. 2 through Dec. 11 is a matter of seconds, all at about...

Father-and-son duo a hit playing old-time music

2012-07-31 00:00:00

The backstop fence still sits in his family's deep backyard in Guilford, with a sign that reads, "Monsterball. Commissioner Bradley Kolodner." Kolodner, who is 22 now and prefers Brad, was a teenager at Friends School when he invented the game...

Seth and May will headline the Blissfest Winter Solstice Concert.

2012-12-21 11:42:00

Dawn breaks on the winter solstice at Mission San Juan Bautista.

2012-12-20 17:05:48

Anderson Valley Brewing Winter Solstice.

2012-10-29 00:00:00