Spring Equinox News

Doctors would jab sharp instruments into King Henry VIII's arm and drain blood out of his body.

Doctors would jab sharp instruments into King Henry VIII's arm and drain blood out of his body.

One iconic object never fails to uncover the wide-eyed wonderment of childhood that gets buried beneath the daily grind of adult life.

Explore a land of mystic peaks, enchanted forests and crystal fields of ice. Not so far, far away in a place called Montana.

Saturday will be filled with Christmas cheer at St. Thomas Child and Family Center, full of sugar cookies, Christmas trees and letters to Santa.

Spring is getting started in the northern hemisphere today -- on the planet Mars.

The sun rises over Stonehenge as druids celebrate the Spring Equinox at Stonehenge on March 20 2009 near Amesbury, Wiltshire, England.

Oh, this is absolutely my favorite time of year! The leaves are turning colors and falling from the trees, I've got apples galore in a basket, fat squash in my garden, and the evenings are cool enough that I can wrap up in a blanket and enjoy the chilly air.

During the spring equinox years ago, a yoga teacher reminded our class to be mindful of transitions of all kinds--from one season to another, yoga pose to yoga pose, life phase to life phase.

Friday, September 25, 2009 at 12:43 a.m. Just a few days ago, this past Tuesday, at 5:18 PMA eastern time, Summer 2009 ended and Fall 2009 began.

In the Northern Hemisphere fall officially begins at 5:19 a.m. ET on Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - the autumnal equinox, or fall equinox.

Birds fly over the Yolo Bypass which is holding an early-morning walk this week.

While many consider Labor Day to be the end of summer, in reality, it's somewhere around the 21st or 22nd of September.

On Sept. 23, The Beacon will release its Fall arts preview. Here is a brief rundown of a few of the events you can read about in that issue, and attend later this semester.

With much of the region set to burst into bud, plans are well underway for the Ararat Seasonal Farmers' Market this Sunday, September 13.

Published: Thursday, September 10, 2009 at 11:58 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, September 10, 2009 at 12:02 p.m. The dogwoods outside my window look as if the berries have been dipped in red paint and some of the leaves got smudged, leaving them a rusty-orange. Signs of fall.

Tonight, the tiny constellation Aries the Ram can be found ascending in the east around 9 to 10 p.m. tonight, just above the waning gibbous moon .

Except for some Orthodox churches that follow a different calendar, Christians throughout the world celebrate Easter, the holiest day of the year, on the Sunday after the first full moon of the spring equinox.

Egyptologists say the Great Sphinx at Giza in Egypt is 4500 years old, or about as old as the Great Pyramid.

Eggs are quite wonderful. They are a deliciously versatile foodstuff, and their hard, watertight shell made it possible for life to leave the ocean and come onto the land about 400 million years ago.