The odes, oddities, and O Deities of a world traveler

Did you know: Light Returns

Christmas is on the first day the sun appears to move North on the horizon after the Winter Solstice (lit. sun stop)? Light returns to the universe says the symbol even if the historical figure was more likely born in August or September.
Ode to Food

Food is happiness. They say you can’t buy it, but it is amazing how much food affects my moods for the better. There are so many wonderful flavors and combinations of flavors that there is both endless variety and consistent comfort to be found in food. I am definitely on the sweet side of taste…
Did you know: Cross Quarter

Halloween and Groundhog’s Day are cross-quarter dates? Half-way between Solstice and Equinox. May Day (Cleverly named) is the third and End of August is the last (we need a holiday for that).
Ode to Reading a Book on a Weekend

Reading a book on a weekend is the essence of free time. You can take the entire day if you want or just a few small instances, but the choice is entirely yours. The fact that you can choose to spend the day lost in the world of a book is a gift, and it…
Did you know: Hot Corona

the corona around the sun is much hotter than the surface?
Ode to Conifers

Conifers are tenacious. They populate the harshest of environments, dig their roots into the smallest cracks in a rock, and cling there for the next several hundred or thousand years. They have existed longer than flowers in the history of Earth, and they are still dominant in many ecosystems of the world. Since they are…
Did you know: Viral Humans

our DNA is approximately 64% viral in origin?
In which I jump off a cliff

My dad began taking me on exploratory adventures on the fair weather weekends for the last few years of high school. This was probably his way of spending some quality time with his last son before the graduation and departure for the great beyond. Who knew I would end up buying his house and live…