<a href="http://freddywipf.com">FreddyWipf.com</a> - Very few people will ever touch your life like Freddy Wipf did. Freddy was an incredible influential young man who as a result of his amazing personality won the hearts of even those who thought they were unworthy of love. He left a footprint on the souls of everyone. Freddy died on Saturday August 25, 2007 as a result of a tragic motorcycle accident in Vernal, Utah. Those who worked with Freddy in the Utah oilfields said it best, "Freddy, you will be incredibly hard to forget, and the rig floor will never be the same without your amazing and uplifting spirit" Freddy died too young. Way too young. Please donate to the Freddy Wipf Memorial Fund. One hundred percent of the proceeds will go to accident and funeral costs and all donors will receive a special gift from friends of The Freddy Wipf Memorial. http://FreddyWipf.com GodSpeed

VERNAL EQUINOX AND IMAGES OF SPRING

my un-intentional observance of the equinox Nawang Khechog - 'Peace in the World' (Tibetian bamboo flute)

Stardate, March 20th, Vernal Equinox Spring is arriving in the northern hemisphere today. The Sun crossed the equator into northern skies at 12:48 a.m. Central Daylight Time — the moment of the vernal equinox. The days will continue to grow longer until the summer solstice in June. In ages past, the vernal equinox was often considered the most important day of the year in the northern hemisphere. Life was returning to the landscape after the winter months, and it was about time to plant crops — a good day to celebrate. In fact, the equinox was so important that in many cultures, the time around the equinox marked the beginning of the new year. That includes western Europe — and especially Great Britain and its American colonies, where until 1752, the year began on March 25th. Astronomers adopted the vernal equinox as the start of the celestial year. They use a coordinate system with lines of right ascension and declination — the equivalent of longitude and latitude on Earth. The starting point for this system is the Sun's location at the moment of the vernal equinox — celestial coordinates zero, zero. Thousands of years ago, the vernal equinox took place when the Sun was passing through Aries, the ram, so the equinox is sometimes called the First Point of Aries. But Earth wobbles on its axis a bit, so the Sun shifts a bit with respect to the stars. So today, the Sun is actually one constellation over at the equinox — near the western edge of Pisces. http://stardate.org/radio/program.php?f=detail&id=2008-03-20