Impossible Kisses

There used to be a theory that when we look at something our thinking projects something to whatever we study, then we become what we see as...

I ended my post yesterday by saying: &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp I’m really looking forward &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp to observing Li...

This summer I’m going to focus my astronomy time on open clusters and colorful double stars . Now that I’ve observed the Beehive cluster in ...

One of the personal reasons I’m so happy—excited even—about using oil pastels for celestial scenes is that these days optical, computer and...

I’ve been meaning to do this post for quite a while . . . I’ve been playing guitar for a long time, but I’ve never been a guitar-hero kind ...

We had clear skies Wednesday but not yesterday. Wednesday Mars was almost in the Beehive. Just at the fringe of the Beehive. The last time ...

One afternoon I stood with a friend and watched fish swimming in a fish tank. I wrote about it here . And here . And here . It was a peac...

Tonight should be the start of Mars passing in front of the Beehive open cluster . It’s Wednesday morning as I type this. [ Today’s post is ...

Yesterday or the day before I saw the season’s first monarch flying slowly, flapping slowly, through the sunlight and thick shadows beneath ...

This was a big weekend for me. I got my Spring planting done! About a month ago I did all the weeding. But the weather here south of Chicago...

I usually start my day with a little exercise, walking to the grocery store to buy a daily paper. My public day, that is. My private day u...

If you look at the Moon even without a telescope you see patches, light, dark. All the way down, all the way to the left, the dark patch is ...

Two days ago, Monday evening, I took my telescope into my backyard to observe Mars . Next week Wednesday, Thursday and Friday Mars will pass...

‘ Terre Battue ’ is how the French say clay , and when the French talk about clay they’re almost certainly talking about red clay and they’r...

I want to be a bad kite I want to see my string break I want to flee on the wind I want to be a bad kite, fly off to the Land of Kites, be h...

I am here like another dimension coexistent in our comprehension with the regular dimensions we know. I have extension into the time flow. I...

I’ve mentioned before that every now and then I get an idea for a post but then I hesitate to put up the post because I can’t think of a goo...

Yesterday’s mention of psychedelia got me thinking of the great graphic designer from the sixties, Heinz Edelmann , and the whole Yellow Su...

They’re like a monster— memories, expectations— coloring the now not psychedelic but strange colors, like dead plants, wood from an old hous...

It would be an interesting photographic project to try and capture the amazing hues that appear visually. It would be interesting, too, to t...