Time lapse * The summer went as the summer will despite the solstice stillness aged by many seasons, we… Read more Two for the price of one
Good news
The News has been wall-to-wall about the dreadful Paris attacks and fears of more terrorism. So I thought I’d offer… Read more Good news
Three poems for a penny
When the wolf was, was tall The distance made me shy the directness of eyes cast down the gulf between… Read more Three poems for a penny
Drone buzzes space station
PIN News, November 12, 2015: A recreational drone barely missed striking the International Space Station yesterday. “We were over the… Read more Drone buzzes space station
A promise unkept
Remembering the Saturn V on its anniversary * Today marks the 48th anniversary of the first launch of the Saturn… Read more A promise unkept
Time Change
Official announcement from the Federal Bureau of Time Management: For “Throwback Thursday” tomorrow, the entire nation will go back… Read more Time Change
The needle and the damage (not) done.
Essays: Lately I’ve been rummaging through musty boxes in the basement and dusty in the back of the garage,… Read more The needle and the damage (not) done.
About
About 60 years old About 5 ft. 8 in. (and shrinking) About space: Former space journalist (back when I was… Read more About
A nickel’s worth of poems
Poetry Spontaneous combustion Wish I could again write like that effortlessly unleash a torrent of costly associations, stream the sampled… Read more A nickel’s worth of poems
‘No Joy’
Space: Gemini 6 Oct. 25, 1965 Rendezvous, the key to the moon, to our future in space. Rendezvous,… Read more ‘No Joy’