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Phenomena, 2007: November

For terms in boldface, see Astronomical Terms. Day Phenomenon Hour 1 Mercury appears to be motionless in…

Phenomena, 2007: October

For terms in boldface, see Astronomical Terms. Day Phenomenon Hour 2 Mars is 5° south of the Moon. 2000…

Phenomena, 2006: January

For terms in boldface, see Astronomical Terms.DayPhenomenonHour1Venus is 7° north of the Moon.10001The Moon is at perigee.23002Neptune is 4° north of the Moon.12004Uranus is 2° north of the…

February 2008 Phenomena

For terms in boldface, see Astronomical Terms. Day Phenomenon Hour 1 Antares, the brightest star in the…

Phenomena, 2005: January

JanuaryFor terms in boldface, see Astronomical Terms.DayPhenomenonHour2Earth is at perihelion.01003LAST QUARTER18004Jupiter is 0° 4' north of the Moon. Occultation of Jupiter by the Moon.…

Walt Whitman: Passage to India, Part 4

Part 4Passage to India! Struggles of many a captain, tales of many a sailor dead, Over my mood stealing and spreading they come, Like clouds and cloudlets in the unreach'd sky.Along all…

Richard Berry Biography

Richard Berry singer, songwriter Berry is best known for writing “Louie, Louie,” the three-chord rock song that Frank Zappa dubbed “an archetypal American musical icon.” Convinced the song…

Louis Untermeyer: Only of thee and me

Only of thee and meLouis UntermeyerOnly of thee and me the night wind sings, Only of us the sailors speak at sea, The earth is filled with wondered whisperings Only of thee and me.Only of…

Poem: Setting Sail

Poem 81 Poem 83 Setting Sail Exultation is the going Of an inland soul to sea, - Past the houses, past the headlands, Into deep eternity! Bred as we, among the mountains, Can the sailor…

Aesop's Fables: The Stag with One Eye

by Aesop The Crow and the SwanThe Fly and the Draught-MuleThe Stag with One Eye A Stag, blind of one eye, was grazing close to the sea-shore and kept his sound eye turned towards the land…