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summer solstice 2010

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Fourteen hours, 56 minutes and 21 seconds. That’s how long the day was yesterday. The sun rose in Baltimore at 5:40 AM and set at 8:36 PM. Compare that to the number of daylight hours on the shortest day to come in 2010: 9h 24m 00s on December 21. That is the gift of the summer solstice. Seemingly endless sunlight, giving us almost two days of sunlight to every one in the midst of winter. No wonder our moods are generally better and we feel more buoyant and productive. We seem to have not just more light but more time. But I write not just to celebrate summer days. I want also to cheer on summer nights. Sunday night, we enjoyed the quintessence of summer: an outdoor concert in a neighborhood backyard performed by talented local musicians and friends.… read more

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