Month: March 2011
Every Day Life
Super Moon
The full moon of Saturday, March 19 was just 356,575 kilometers away, making it the biggest and brightest full moon since 1993. The “supermoon” phenomenon occurred because the moon was in its full phase and just 50 minutes past perigee – the point of its orbit that brings it closer to Earth. I took this […]
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Family
Japan
Yuki & The Japan Earthquake
It seems, at the moment, that we just have one disaster after another. First it was the Christchurch earthquake and now it’s the enormous one north of Tokyo in Japan. Our new daughter in law, Yuki is still in Tokyo and many of our friends have called, or contacted, us to enquire about her safety. […]
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