A clear day, a good telescope and a great photographer produce noteworthy photos of the 2024 solar eclipse. Tuesday email excitement! These digital photographs from Gabriela Rodriguez arrived in my inbox. Remember the considerate family who allowed us all to gaze through their spyglass? Gabriela, the photographer of the family gathered our emails eclipse day […]
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April 2024 Earth Day Poetry Challenge
Happy Earth Day! Five wonderful poets from four countries around the globe offer their insights. Click on their links to see their verses. ¡Feliz celebración de la madre tierra! Cinco poetas maravillosas de cuatro países del globo ofrecen sus visiones del mundo. Haz un clic en sus enlaces para ver sus versos. Pakistan https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2024/04/18/a-haibun-for-april/ USA […]
Read moreHow Did this Camera Image Begin?
Returning from the garden, where I saw Red Admiral butterflies flitting about, I set my phone on the windowsill as I took off my shoes. I noticed the camera was still on and this is what I saw. Intrigued, I clicked a photo. ¿Cómo surgió esta imagen siguiente? De vuelta del jardín, donde vi mariposas […]
Read more5 Ways Heroines Differ from Heroes
Gender and anatomy are not on the list, for good reason. As Gail Carringer talks about in her The Heroine’s Journey; a woman can behave like a hero, and a man as a heroine. Two of her movie examples are Wonder Woman (2017) who was a hero and Harry Potter who behaves like a heroine. […]
Read moreApril Earth Day Poetry Challenge 2024
Halfway through April, it’s high time for our monthly poetry challenge. We are celebrating Earth Day. This month, we will have a different format. The poems will be on the poets websites, with a link to them here. Please choose feature of nature that gives you joy, for example a flower below, and write a […]
Read more6 Words on the Total Eclipse
Besides our trusty colander, the highlight of the eclipse afternoon was the VLA of a Latino Family from Nebraska. VLA stands for Very Large Array. That was one powerful telescope, complete with UV filter. The family was very generous in allowing all forty eclipse seekers a view through the telescope and to take photos of […]
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