Well, before the heat wave is able to melt my camera gear, I thought I’d better take advantage of a relatively clear sky last night. I’m currently training myself with the gear I plan to use for upcoming road trips where weight restrictions (the gear, not me) will limit what goes. So last night I …
Back from another 5 days at the Cherry Springs Star Party, Cherry Springs, Pennsylvania. I think the threatening weather forecasts kept the crowd down a bit, however, those among the 500 or so in attendance made the best of holes in the clouds. Seeing conditions were marginal since there was so much water vapor in …
Actually, I was sitting on our deck, eating lunch. I’d just returned from a walk on the wild side in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, hoping to add to my portfolio of the dangerous wild animals of Summit County, and enhance my chances of getting a job at National Geographic. Well, there were no wild …
For an uncountable number of weeks and days we (meaning me, mostly) have focused our eyes on the cosmos. The big show, the Total Eclipse, has come and gone. We have plenty of pictures to show and, unless you an astrophysicist, not much to think about. What, in the end did we get out of …
I’ll skip over all the stories of gnashing teeth, extra high blood-pressure medicine and frayed nerves and get right to the end of the story. Here, in Northeast Ohio, we had a damned good eclipse experience on April 8, 2024. I’ve only thought about this for the past seven years, since we saw the 2017 …
Spent some time in the dark in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park last night. Must be getting warmer ‘cause I saw more teenagers in cars at the Station Road parking lot. For me (too) it was all about experimentation. And, at least in my case, I’ll be going back for more, next opportunity. Working with …
Witt’s End 