Today we honor the longest night—and for those not under cloudy skies a marvellous sighting of the conjunction of planets Saturn and Jupiter. But the days, even if short, are…
I take the liberty of reprinting a lovely poem from Ted Kooser, fresh this morning: Full Moon, March 2020 The moon was in self-isolation, too, and wearing a white mask…
It is easy, when I’m absorbed in the day-to-day details of life, to walk along looking at the ground, actually not seeing much of anything at all. Yesterday the blue…
For many the Winter Solstice—the shortest day/longest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere—has disappeared in a blur of bright street lights, television, and little screens we carry around.…
I love this month of dark changes and contrasts, small bits of color, and getting ready for winter. In the late afternoon yesterday clouds billowed over Hubbard Park as the…
I remember in a forestry class learning about students weighing all the leaves on a tree but I don’t think I ever heard anyone estimate what the total weight of…
I’ve shared many photographs this week of the sand art I enjoyed seeing in sand dunes of Ludington State Park, and include just a few more here—made after rain dappled…
Lake Michigan…blue skies, warm water, wonderful breeze…and then the last two nights, the crescent moon setting over the water, something I’ve never seen (or at least noticed) before! The “photo” I…
The weather was perfect today to see the transit of Mercury across the face of the Sun! I have found I can photograph the sun directly only clouds are in…
When all here on Earth seems such a mess, I often look to the heavens for a sense of what is really real. Certainly long after I am gone and,…
