123 quiet and still is a great game on long car rides. I was always amazed when a group of kids could be quiet and still for more than two minutes but an island of 2 million for 24 hours….impossible…right? Not if you’re in Bali on the day after the dark moon of the spring equinox. The Hindu new year- Neypi- begins with a day of silence. Continue reading
Archive for May, 2011
The full moon of March brought us a rare treat- this “perigee” moon was the closest and brightest since 1993. There is great information and a video about what makes a super moon on the NASA site ( The boys found it very cool): Continue reading