Tag archives: Penny Little

Summer Solstice Celebration: Life as a Parade
By Steven Libowitz   |   June 23, 2026

Community is a big buzz word these days, from nonprofit mission statements to arts organization’s program descriptors. But over here nothing says community like the Santa Barbara Solstice Parade.  Everything about the saunter (not a march) up Santa Barbara Street (formerly State Street in the pre-pandemic days) on the Saturday closest to the longest day […]

Roots in Solstice. The Longest Day Needs You
By Jeff Wing   |   June 20, 2023

Yes. Our warm, wet, and lovely home planet is tilted weirdly on its axis – like a white-wine lightweight after an author’s luncheon, more or less. As it races around the local ball of fire at around 67,000 mph, Earth’s angular disposition in relation to the sun makes the days here longer, there shorter. Over […]