If you were to visit me this year by means of Google Earth, you would find yourself descending on me through a lofty tangle of masts, spars, and ropes.
Category: literature
Not for the Punters
Moonlight through Weeds
There have been many messages expressing regret that Continue reading “Moonlight through Weeds”
An Aristeia of Mars
Get ready for the opposition of Mars on Sunday May 22, and even better later.
The stories told by satellites’ names
There will have to be a new printing before long of Albedo to Zodiac, my astronomical glossary, so Continue reading “The stories told by satellites’ names”
The dawn was like a red, red rose
No, it was like a gold, gold lily –
But today is Burns Day.
More on Catalina
– the comet that is now like a faint star close to brilliant Arcturus. Continue reading “More on Catalina”
Tell them in Lacedaemon
A reader writes that she did see Leonidas in the sky.
That’s wonderful! Continue reading “Tell them in Lacedaemon”
Beltane
We are at another cross-quarter, or halfway date between the quarter-days of the year Continue reading “Beltane”
Tussim
I’m going to inflict on you another bit of Latin. Continue reading “Tussim”