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”
Category: places
The most beautiful place in the world
We learned from a recent newspaper item that there is a list of Britain’s “Top Ten Beaches,” calculated Continue reading “The most beautiful place in the world”
The dawn was like a red, red rose
No, it was like a gold, gold lily –
But today is Burns Day.
Dusky skies
The sky over the sea yesterday morning.
And an older painting, pulled out of a closet, of an evening scene in the agora of Athens, where Socrates used to stroll with his friends.
Propositions Underfoot
When the pilgrims arrived at the scene of my Astronomical Calendar 2016 cover picture, they had walked more than five hundred miles Continue reading “Propositions Underfoot”
A confession about the Final Astronomical Calendar
If you could have looked down through my ceiling during the evenings – not just the evenings – of Continue reading “A confession about the Final Astronomical Calendar”
Too early for breakfast
Report of a walk in Spain
This may be the first draft of my cover picture story for Astronomical Calendar 2016, Continue reading “Report of a walk in Spain”
East Window
Imagine a cathedral, made of cool-dark-gray rock like the surrounding hills. Continue reading “East Window”
Reindeer procession and precession
We are at latitude 70 degrees north, longitude 23 east, docked at Alta, the world’s northernmost town, Continue reading “Reindeer procession and precession”