Truman starts big school – Kindergarten – this fall. Actually, that’s not entirely true. He starts August 10th, which is still technically summer. In fact, it’s more than a month from fall, which doesn’t come official until the autumnal equinox, which falls on September 22nd this year. At 5:18 p.m. EDT, to be exact.
Of course, that applies only to those of us who live in the Northern Hemisphere. Those in the Southern Hemisphere celebrated their autumnal equinox on March 20th. And, I understand, Australia and New Zealand got the earliest start, celebrating the first day of fall on March 1.
I’m …read more

QuiltingAndPatchwork.com
The Great Blog Off at b5media celebrates the June 20th summer solstice.  Most participating blogs from the Lifestyles, Business, and Entertainment channels will post content once per hour for each hour of the day.  
However, some like Quilting and Patchwork , will be posting periodically.  At Home Biz Notes, another of my b5media blogs, we’ll be posting more frequently.  Some of the tips and information there will be particularly helpful to quilters and fabric artists who are operating home based businesses.
This is the first time since 1975 that the summer solstice hasn’t occurred on June 21. On this day, the daytime …read more