Today’s gorgeous Astronomy Photo of the Day, a digital mosaic of the recent solar eclipse over Turkey, led me to this fabulous gallery of astrophotography by Stefan Seip. Check it out!

I am informed by my optometrist I am beginning to suffer from presbyopia. Presbyopia is an affliction that is not, despite, its name, limited to members of a particular Christian denomination with Calvinist roots. Rather, it’s the loss of ability to focus on very close objects. It’s caused by the stiffening of the eye’s internal …

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Busy. Busy busy. Busy busy busy. Busy. Bzzzz…

As Brenna moved further into her chambers more magelights came on, activated by her presence.

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Brenna’s hert skipped a beat and took a moment or two to return to a normal, albeit it much faster than usual, rhythm.

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The Qu’Appelle Valley looking east from Highway 6. More photos here.

Six members of the Raymore Novice Nibs writing group attended a workshop on newspaper writing Friday morning conducted by Regina Leader Post science columnist Edward Willett. The reason that was the first sentence I wrote today was that I was in Raymore giving a workshop on…oh, I guess you probably guessed that.

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“Investors?” Brenna said. “What profit could they possibly expect?”