Gumbo’s Pic of the Day, Aug. 2, 2015: Uncertain times
In the time before mechanical watches and clocks, the sundial helped track the passing hours. Most of us think of sundials set on the
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In the time before mechanical watches and clocks, the sundial helped track the passing hours. Most of us think of sundials set on the
This week marks Johann Sebastian Bach’s 330th birthday on March 21 or 31, 1685. The difference is due to the change, during his lifetime, from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar. Above, his vault in the floor of the Thomaskirche, Leipzig Germany….
When we first started including a week-long February school break in our travel plans, our goal was to go somewhere significantly warmer than New York City. We still try for that, but once in a while something else calls, and we found ourselves…
In the time before mechanical watches and clocks, the sundial helped track the passing hours. Most of us think
This week marks Johann Sebastian Bach’s 330th birthday on March 21 or 31, 1685. The difference is due to the change, during his lifetime, from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar. Above, his vault in the floor of the Thomaskirche, Leipzig Germany….
When we first started including a week-long February school break in our travel plans, our goal was to go somewhere significantly warmer than New York City. We still try for that, but once in a while something else calls, and we found ourselves…