Mercury is at greatest elongation in the evening sky this Saturday and I will probably be out there like a fool trying to spot it.  I sit o...

A while back I graduated from a texty beast phone with a keypad to a touch screen, and took a break from blogging after running into obstacl...

Two heavy line ups this week and the first one peaks today.  Mercury will be conjunct Saturn late afternoon here in Raleigh.  Quick Mercury ...

This is a post from yesterday that I am finally figuring out how to publish. America is back, not the continent, my old friend.  I am readi...

Not exactly under the Sun, more like a fishing line cast from a bridge that makes an angle with the water instead of going straight down.  T...

This is a continuation of the previous  post called  Passion  and here is a link to a related post from way back in 2011 when this blog was ...

This is the first of 2 posts that go together and it was inspired by a sudden flash of a memory from more than20 years ago. The chart for t...

Last night was the first clear night since Mars was a pinky width west of Acrab.  In the mostly clear Caraleigh sky (just south of Raleigh...

Saturn will be in the same minute of the same degree for the next 8 days.  It is stationary now, and when it moves again it will change dire...

Last night I think it was too cloudy, but Tues night Mars was only a thin index finger west of faint Acrab.  Acrab is not terribly faint, bu...

I'll begin with the 3 pothead brothers who were working on my old roof and inherited my sons Trailmate recliner tricycle.  I did not lik...

Moon is only a few degrees ahead of Mars but it is way above it in tonight's clear sky.  The north node is in Virgo, 2 signs back from S...

I really need to go to sleep, but Mercury is flying around the far side of this Cancer Sun and I have to record this incredible night. I go...

This Tues (June 30) Mars turns direct.  We say goodbye to the planet of will.  Earth, on the inside track, moves on toward the far side of t...

This is a post i began composing March 3, 2016. My new neighbors around the corner were throwing this globe away and rejoiced when I kn...

A few minutes before 1:29 this afternoon I texted Mr. Lyrica- Thanks.  It's really ok.  I had regaled him with more details than any no...