SUNRISE ECLIPSE! In spite of a week of nasty weather and dire forecasts, the LORD graciously allowed our party some choice glimpses of the eclipsed Sun through the clouds. I am most grateful for the hole that opened up in the clouds just as the Sun emerged above the Lake Erie horizon, an easy sight…
My Bicycle Pilgrimage Adventure
While astronomy is a great interest of mine, I’ve long been a student of history, especially the history of my hometown, Cleveland, Ohio, and generally Ohio history. I recently finished reading Heckewelder’s Narrative, an important primary source of Ohio history. This, combined with my love of cycling, gave me the motivation to celebrate my recent…
See Earth’s Shadow (our recent newsletter)
Here’s an excerpt from the recent Classical Astronomy Update newsletter: During the early part of civil twilight, it’s actually possible to see the Earth’s shadow rising up in the eastern sky after the sunset. Within minutes after the Sun has gone down, the Earth’s shadow appears as a dark portion of the sky in the…
MARS PASSES THE PLEIADES
MARS ALIGNS WITH THE PLEIADES! If you have clear skies in your area, go out tonight and every evening after sunset this week! Mars will move a little bit toward the east every night and will align with the Moon in Taurus on Friday, March 19! Go out and check about an hour after sunset,…
My Rush Limbaugh Story
All of his many fans were shocked and saddened to hear that Rush Limbaugh had lost his battle with cancer. His loyal listeners all have their own stories about what Rush meant to them. Mine might be a little different than others, having been with the program from very early on. I landed in the…
The SpaceX Generation
Back in the Stone Age of the internet, round about the mid-90s, I used to belong to the Astronomy group on Compuserve. I first went online after installing a 14.4Kbps modem onto my 486 computer (which had a 66MHz processor and a 256M hard drive). It was a text-based online experience in those days. It…
Back at HSB After All These Years
So when did HSB first start? 2005 or something? Wow, time sure flies. It was a lot of fun back in those days. I met a lot of people in homeschool circles back in the good old days before the social disease called social media inhaled the planet and destroyed American freedom. Hoping that this…