{"id":8699,"date":"2017-07-04T13:07:57","date_gmt":"2017-07-04T19:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=8699"},"modified":"2017-07-04T13:08:37","modified_gmt":"2017-07-04T19:08:37","slug":"happy-independence-day-blessed-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=8699","title":{"rendered":"Happy Independence Day & Blessed Be"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThe Stars and Stripes, a Colorado craft beer, and a Ripley’s witchcraft museum<\/a> goblet. This is actually the summer solstice celebration, I reckon, delayed two weeks.<\/p>\n

I’m kicking back after driving one of my department’s fire trucks in Nearby Town’s 4th 0f July parade. Here is a picture of one of the units pre-parade. Kids and an early Farmall Cub<\/a>. You couldn’t pose that.<\/p>\n

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The Stars and Stripes, a Colorado craft beer, and a Ripley’s witchcraft museum goblet. This is actually the summer solstice celebration, I reckon, delayed two weeks. I’m kicking back after driving one of my department’s fire trucks in Nearby Town’s 4th 0f July parade. Here is a picture of one of the units pre-parade. 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That's 5:04 a.m. here in Colorado, perfect for the people drumming up the Sun at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. (I won't be there--too far away.) Remember to visit Archaeoastronomy.com for all your calendrical ritual-timing needs.You can\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"music\"","block_context":{"text":"music","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?tag=music"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":896,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=896","url_meta":{"origin":8699,"position":4},"title":"The Sun High in The Sky","author":"Chas S. Clifton","date":"June 21, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is the news from Stonehenge. No human sacrifice though, if that is what is was. But The Guardian gloats:Today is the summer solstice, and the druids have taken over Stonehenge to commemorate their ancient rites. 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