Category: Magic
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The Magic of Christmas
It’s still there. I can feel it… It’s more of a spark now, rather than an avalanche of excitement as it used to be, but it is still there. When I was little, I used to be really excited for Christmas well early. August early. One year I had bought everyone’s Christmas presents by the…
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Pink skies and Moonrise…
I’ve just discovered that in 1638 there was a Total Lunar Eclipse that fell on the same day as the Winter Solstice. 372 years later and we have another one. Lunar Eclipses happen quite regularly, and there is nothing unusual in that. It is much more rare that they occur on the Solstice. What is…
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Bright lights and fuzzy colours!
Last night I got to see the Geminids! 😀 I only saw half a dozen or so, and they appeared as sparks in the sky against the backdrop of Orion’s Belt. I had two little obstacles that prevented me from viewing them any longer than the hour or so I was transfixed with the heavens.…