Yule and the Moon of the New Year Well. Now you know where the Webb is! Orbiting L2. Getting ready to get its many mirrors in focus. Next steps: cool down, alignment, and calibration. NASA Wednesday gratefuls: Kep and the … Continue reading
Yule and the New Year Moon Where’s the Webb? 765000 miles from home and 134000 to L2. 85% of the journey. Mission day 19.5. Crawling along at .1906 mps. Only 687 miles per hour. Friday gratefuls: The backsplash. Only needs … Continue reading
Yule and the Moon of the New Year Wednesday gratefuls: Cousin Diane of Clan Keaton. Hanwoo beef. Seoah. Bulgogi. Backsplash ready to go up. Slight snafu in my bank account. Oops. My error. All better now. Bowe. Marina Harris. Being … Continue reading
Yule and the New Year Moon Sunday gratefuls: Jon. Ruth. Gabe. Kep and Rigel, sleeping in until 8 am this morning. Me, too. Snow, maybe 6 inches. Beautiful. Flocked Lodgepoles. Black Mountain flecked with white. Chores yesterday. Done. Ready for … Continue reading
Yule and the Winter Solstice Moon Where is Webb? Now at a sedate .7860 miles per second, the Webb is 2 days into its journey to L2. 232000 miles from Earth and 667000 miles from orbital insertion. Monday gratefuls: The … Continue reading
Samain and the Winter Solstice Moon Gratefuls: Arrival Day. Snow. Mini-splits. A lower gas bill. A not as high as I expected electrical bill. The house looks good after staining. The mini-splits work well. The kitchen remodel is underway. After … Continue reading
Samain and the waxing gibbous Holiseason Moon Saturday gratefuls: Joe and Seoah. Murdoch. The Long Time Friends. (we may be in the process of renaming ourselves.) Jamie. His sadness. Jon, coming up today. Steak and potatoes. Veggies. Alan. Tara. Rich. … Continue reading
Samain and the Holiseason Moon Wednesday gratefuls: Shirley Waste. Orion and his dog. The Zodiac. Our star canopy. The unimaginable size of the universe. Our unimaginable place in it. Life. The animator. Total mystery. Darkness. The holidays of Light. And … Continue reading
Fall and the Moon of the Thinned Veil Saturday gratefuls: Kep snuggling up. Jon up here to take care of the Subaru. Rigel being Rigel. Kitchen remodel. Mini-splits. Hawai’i. Joe, Seoah, Murdoch. Aloha. Tarot. Even the Ten of Swords. Astrology. … Continue reading
Moon of the Thinned Veil Wednesday gratefuls: Shirley septic and waste. Mini-splits installed, though not yet electrified. Induction range has come. Bit more climate friendly. Old gas range has gone to somebody who needed one. Hair and beard trimmed. Excited … Continue reading