The fourth and last eclipse of 2024 will come Continue reading “Moon eclipsed, man uneclipsed”
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Austral fish and Aussie Rowe
Fomalhaut is the 18th brightest star of the night skies – brighter than Deneb, Regulus, Castor. But it is far south, Continue reading “Austral fish and Aussie Rowe”
Not a Crime but a Misery-Reliever
Prohibition of alcoholic drinks was attempted in the United States from 1920 to 1933 and was abandoned because it not only failed but caused a huge surge in violent crime and human tragedy.
The War on Drugs was started in 1914 (by an obsessive racist named Harry Anslinger),
Moonlight through Weeds
There have been many messages expressing regret that Continue reading “Moonlight through Weeds”
Wallace and the track of next week’s eclipse
The first of this year’s two total eclipses is drawing near: March 9, to be seen from within a narrow path across the Earth:
Continue reading “Wallace and the track of next week’s eclipse”
Nightingales
A year ago died Barbara Murray, whose two little books Continue reading “Nightingales”
In memoriam Robert Burnham
It was a December when I learned what had happened to him. Continue reading “In memoriam Robert Burnham”