Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Exactly One Year Ago This Morning...


. . .I was awakening to luminous dawn, in a tent, in the Shawnee National Forest Wilderness -- near the Trail of Tears. . . .

I made some strong, piping hot coffee (lots of cream and sugar!), had some sweet ripe cherries, a couple bananas, fresh (overnight creek water chilled) OJ and some organic yogurt. Then I waited until around noon, under flawless skies -- in a large meadow. . . to see two minutes and thirty seconds of totality (this was taken -- on site, in real time, by a friend -- click to enlarge):



Until next time, then: and April 2024, in the Sea of Cortez, on a sailing ship, I am all over it. . . Smile. Be excellent to one another. [Hey — congrats on the promotion — just saw it on Linkedin!]



नमस्ते

3 comments:

condor said...

And -- apropos of nothing, really -- the reason I am focusing my morning on celestial events (past, and to come). . .

In the churning awful sea of politics, Justice Clarence Thomas' wife had this to say:

https://crooksandliars.com/2018/08/ginni-thomas-bullies-parkland-teens

I am. . . simply mortified. She is a lost soul.

So, I'll spend my morning coffee time, contemplating the heavens, not this recently sadly sordid, dank Earth. . . .

Onward.

Anonymous said...

https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/23/world/water-ice-moon-study/index.html while, not NASA related, still of interest.

I do 'feel' you re: all the stuff here in the USofA. It is so sad to think we've regressed so much.

do put more music up~~it helps....

condor said...

I hear you. . . And I’ll certainly try.

Grin. . .