Saturday, 19 August 2017

Kite Block

At midday on Monday a total eclipse of the sun will be visible from much of the contiguous United States. It will be the first solar eclipse to reach from sea to shining sea in nearly a century. If I live to be 100 (somehow that sounded like a better idea 25 years ago than it does now) there will be 28 more total solar eclipses in my lifetime. Very, very few of them will take place anywhere near my home. I could probably catch one if I visited Nauvoo, Illinois on April 8, 2024. Or I could just stay put. One will come to the Salt Lake area on August 12, 2045. That one shouldn’t be hard to attend, assuming I’m still living in the Salt Lake valley. And assuming there are considerate staff members who are willing to push my wheelchair out of the nursing home.

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