Rooftop astronomy Lately, the moon has been in a triangle with Venus and Jupiter, all 3 brighter than anything else in the early night sky, with Orion close on their heels as they all fly west (more correctly, as we spin east). I mark my nights by the angle of Orion relative to the tops …
“Huge elephants! Huge jellyfish! Huge whale!” That was Charlotte, as we made our way through the American Museum of Natural History about two months ago. There’s nothing quite like going to the museum with an active, curious toddler in tow. You see everything as if you’d never laid eyes on it before and it’s all …
And, suddenly…it’s November! My mom has an incredible green thumb, and her dad, Grandfather Bud to me, studied forestry at Syracuse. Growing up identifying every plant that crossed our path (or was even close to our path), I’ve learned enough to identify most common plants, but I’m still no expert. More than anything, I have …
Our new-to-us Challenge MP-15 press, in storage in my dad’s wood shop for a while. I know this press is meant to be ours because when I went out to meet it for the first time, it had its own Charlotte-in-residence. I saw a brilliant little brown spider and egg sacs galore on her web. …
As Charlotte and I walked home tonight with our groceries and laundry, Orion rose above us on Park Place, and I swear the stars in his belt were twinkling at us the whole way home. The Great Nebula in Orion / Robert Gendler That’s one thing I love about this time of year, after the …
