Verlyn Klinkenborg has something to say about what’s happened to our view of the stars at night…He starts out this way…
If humans were truly at home under the light of the moon and stars, we would go in darkness happily, the midnight world as visible to us as it is to the vast number of [...]

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In my internet wanderings and muses I find myself being drawn to many of the same subjects that interested me 3o plus years ago. It appears the wanna be back to the lander, mother earth news reader, Rodale convert from the ’60’s still resides inside these middle aged bones. Which could explain my disdain for [...]

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Todays number is 31…Look Ma, no voice…He said with a raspy whisper.
If this doesn’t look like the eye of an angry God, I’ll eat my fire and brimstone upbringing.
I have visions of a bird of prey here…
 
The Helix Nebula
Dust makes this cosmic eye look red. This eerie Spitzer Space Telescope image shows infrared radiation [...]

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Technically, it’s the last day of week six since the 4th fell in there and these treatments run their course in 35 days and not 7 weeks. But, since we started on a Wednesday, and we’ll end on a Wednesday, this Wednesday will be the start of the week for me…Anyway, today’s number is [...]

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