Are you ready for the eclipse? Here in Kentucky everybody is excited to be in the path where you will be able to see a total or near total eclipse. It’s been billed as “the most exciting 2 minutes, 40 seconds in astronomy.” The picture here is of a total solar eclipse seen in 1999. The picture on Wikipedia didn’t …
The Difference of a Few Thousand Miles
I was a long way from home last week. Out in Monterey Bay, California for a writers’ retreat. There the ocean trumps it all as the waves come in and the sea animals play out in the water. We left the doors open out to the balcony to hear the waves crashing and the seals barking through the night. During …