tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343122535318547716.post5241028707862044811..comments2024-02-25T13:25:26.434-08:00Comments on Owl's Farm: Home FiresOwlfarmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15373358232893937182noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343122535318547716.post-48875580052429941442009-12-02T12:50:59.088-08:002009-12-02T12:50:59.088-08:00Japa: you should check the "flyby" link ...Japa: you should check the "flyby" link on spaceweather.com; it'll tell you when you can see several objects.<br /><br />GEM: It's good to hear from you. I'd forgotten about the issue of vision problems. Mine was actually opposite of yours. I had no idea of what stars look like in the sky until I was fifteen and got my first pair of spectacles. Until then I'd been aware only of blurry splotches overhead; I guess you can imagine my utter surprise and amazement when I could see tiny points of light, and this may well account for my current love of looking up. But now I would miss it immeasurably, and as my own vision becomes less acute even with augmentation, I can understand a little of your own loss.<br /><br />Your insights are, as usual, much appreciated.Owlfarmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15373358232893937182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343122535318547716.post-23052615921115445772009-12-02T12:12:34.172-08:002009-12-02T12:12:34.172-08:00This is such a heartwarming and poetic post. I lov...This is such a heartwarming and poetic post. I love the way you link the fire, the heavens, environmental concers and your awareness of larger linkages.<br />I have loved the night sky since an early age and used to take every opprtunity to be out and about in the night and watch the heavens. Since all my vision problems from a couple of years back, my biggest loss is my inability to see the night sky swing through the seasons. I can still huddle with my husband near the wood-fired fireplace, one evening a week and tell stories to each other. And no, just because we have named so many things and think we know so much about our world -it is not so - we take for surety and knowledge second hand and mediated knowledge. Personal concentration on the phenomenologic world provides the true knowledge. G and GEMGEMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11525848943689396086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343122535318547716.post-62976680126176938912009-11-30T23:27:51.886-08:002009-11-30T23:27:51.886-08:00This is a great read. I wonder if we can grasp a ...This is a great read. I wonder if we can grasp a view of the ISS in our place. Have great days ahead.Japahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06624846945186933864noreply@blogger.com