I taught astronomy for several years at the museum where I worked. It never stopped me from marveling at the sky. Our house is the last house on the highest end of Hillcrest Street in a small town. There' next to no ambient light bleeding into the sky from "downtown" so the sky is always brilliant. We can sit at the table in our "Great Room (which functions as our kitchen table) with the drapes open and see the sky. We've had some memorable occasions sitting there, including watching a total eclipse of the moon... one of the many pleasures of our "kitchen" table.

I'm heading out for awhile, but I'll take a break later and write about Crossroad Friends.

Oh yeah, the last chapter in my book has a section about watching the Northern Lights. I'l cut and past it in here, too.

Jerry