Eclipse
I had saved 1 pair of eclipse viewing glasses from our trip to Seattle in 2017, and I knew where they were, so at 2:30 I walked out to see how the eclipse was progressing. We were in a 57% coverage area, and amazingly, our skies were clear. For a few minutes a couple of months ago, I had considered flying to Texas to be in the path of totality, but we seem to be so busy that even a short trip was more than I could add to the calendar. Now I was glad I hadn’t bothered to arrange one. We’d seen the total eclipse 6 years ago, and while interesting, I wasn’t overwhelmed. I had been amazed how even the tree leaves’ shadows showed the moon moving across the sun. This time, standing in our road with Grant and our neighbor, we watched the leaves make the eclipse shadows again. It was fun showing the 3 little girls who love across the street how they could look down to see the sun’s effect. I taught them to cross their fingers to make shadows too. The school aged ones had been given ...