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happy earth day

In images, life, photography, quotes, stardust on 22 April 2011 tagged carl sagan, earth day, pale blue dot with no comments

by request of carl sagan, NASA commanded the voyager 1 spacecraft, having completed its primary mission and now leaving the solar system, to turn its camera around and take this photograph of earth — the pale blue dot, against the vastness of space. From this distant vantage point, the Earth might not seem of particular [...]

i touch the future. i teach.

In life, moment, poem of the day, stardust on 28 January 2011 tagged challenger, christa mcauliffe, january 28 1986 with 1 comment

twenty-five years ago today, i was sitting in mr. quincy’s fifth grade class. on a media cart at the front of the classroom was a television broadcasting the launch of the space shuttle challenger, carrying it’s crew of seven. among them was christa mcauliffe, who was to be the first teacher in space. in an [...]

thousand word thursday

In beauty, images, life, photography, quotes, stardust, thursday on 20 January 2011 tagged alice hoffman, moon, thursday with no comments

the moon is always jealous of the heat of the day, just as the sun always longs for something dark and deep. (alice hoffman)

twenty three | year three

In beauty, images, life, nablopomo, photography, quotes, stardust, thursday on 23 December 2010 tagged december, eclipse, george carlin, nablopomo, twenty three with no comments

thousand word thursday there are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls. (george carlin)

twenty | year three

In life, nablopomo, stardust on 20 December 2010 tagged convergence, december, eclipse, moon, nablopomo, solstice, twenty with 3 comments

i don’t know what december 21st did in a past life to get so lucky, but tomorrow, or more accurately, just after midnight, is a trifecta of greatness. first, the 21st is the winter solstice — the shortest day and longest night of the year.  i’ve always had a thing for the winter solstice. second, [...]