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Last night's step outside for the stars included one faint meteor and maybe a satellite flare. I'm not sure: i saw a flash that i thought was the blink of an airplane light but just once. I have begun to suspect that sometimes my glasses refract the lights from some of the neighboring outbuildings in the woods when i am looking up, although that should be repeatable. The faint meteor was something i am confident of. The dry cold nights are a pleasure that i am savoring as the muggy summer is approaching. But that brings fireflies and lightning, so it's all a delight.
In the morning the moon is a low crescent in the south -- still seems to be bright enough for shadows. Since we've lived here i've become very aware of the variation in the moon's declination. Why is the full moon sometimes high above and sometimes low in the trees? Or the crescent moon? Apparently, there's a long cycle of the size of variability of the moon's location.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_standstill
I can imagine the special significance beginning with the puzzlement of "wait, this is different from when i was growing up." We are approaching a lunar standstill maximum -- which i think means that the angle of the moon above the ground when the moon is above the south cardinal point reaches maximum variation -- in January 2025 (which just happens to be in the region of the sunspot maximum in July 2025, no connection). I never really got spherical coordinates but i guess i should figure those out so i can read the sky charts better.
I've been trying to protect stretches of time for focus at work: this morning's protected time has a meeting plopped right down in the middle of it with panic about requirements for a major contract. The good news is that the panic is (for my branch of work) a non issue, so i can just explain what is already present.
Some day someone might actually appreciate what we built as infrastructure; not. holding. my. breath.
Welp, looks likes Christine's migraines might be triggered by chocolate. That sucks. On the other hand, she has always appreciated cakes and shortbread so it's not as bad as it would be for some folks.
Hmm, just realized i could chat with Bing about embarrassing physical issues to find the right words for them. How bad could it be to replace Dr Internet with Dr Chat Bot?
But in non-embarassing health news for me, sinus and chest congestion linger but not in a way that is particularly problematic. I can pay more attention to eczema/psoriasis/seborrhea itching.
I'm not sure what happened afternoon but any sense of wanting to make progress on anything sort of evaporated. Very much not sure what the trigger was. I did make my step count and get the round of balance exercises in.
In the morning the moon is a low crescent in the south -- still seems to be bright enough for shadows. Since we've lived here i've become very aware of the variation in the moon's declination. Why is the full moon sometimes high above and sometimes low in the trees? Or the crescent moon? Apparently, there's a long cycle of the size of variability of the moon's location.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_standstill
I can imagine the special significance beginning with the puzzlement of "wait, this is different from when i was growing up." We are approaching a lunar standstill maximum -- which i think means that the angle of the moon above the ground when the moon is above the south cardinal point reaches maximum variation -- in January 2025 (which just happens to be in the region of the sunspot maximum in July 2025, no connection). I never really got spherical coordinates but i guess i should figure those out so i can read the sky charts better.
I've been trying to protect stretches of time for focus at work: this morning's protected time has a meeting plopped right down in the middle of it with panic about requirements for a major contract. The good news is that the panic is (for my branch of work) a non issue, so i can just explain what is already present.
Some day someone might actually appreciate what we built as infrastructure; not. holding. my. breath.
Welp, looks likes Christine's migraines might be triggered by chocolate. That sucks. On the other hand, she has always appreciated cakes and shortbread so it's not as bad as it would be for some folks.
Hmm, just realized i could chat with Bing about embarrassing physical issues to find the right words for them. How bad could it be to replace Dr Internet with Dr Chat Bot?
But in non-embarassing health news for me, sinus and chest congestion linger but not in a way that is particularly problematic. I can pay more attention to eczema/psoriasis/seborrhea itching.
I'm not sure what happened afternoon but any sense of wanting to make progress on anything sort of evaporated. Very much not sure what the trigger was. I did make my step count and get the round of balance exercises in.
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