At peak magnitude, seek out the goddess of love planet in a clear blue sky in the west-southwest during daylight hours, being extremely careful to keep eyes diverted from the sun.
Since Sept. 21, 111 (and counting) local students who might otherwise have been left alone at home or fit into piecemeal childcare arrangements have been accessing their remote school lessons with adult assistance through CLuB.
On Friday, I witnessed kids — sitting in green camp chairs with log stumps doing double duty as desks and foot rests — tuning into their remote classes before a backdrop of verdant hills, the audible hum of a tractor in the distance.
In general, stargazing begins about an hour after sunset. Dimmer celestial objects are visible about half an hour later, when darkness is as complete as it can be, known as “astronomical twilight.”
Last year, Ahamad launched the inaugural African American Studies class at Taconic High School, where his message to students, many of whom are Black or Latinx, was pretty simple: “Let’s just think, let’s just be ourselves — proud and out loud.”
Well-designed clinical trials are the most critical part of solving COVID-19. If they are big enough, they may have many arms that test dosages or different age groups or other important questions.
Why can’t we see education as something other than the physical confinement of children? Why don’t we see this crisis as an opportunity to make lemonade from lemons, instead of crap?
Yesterday became today in a flash of news and tomorrow cannot be seen. They warn COVID lurks everywhere and waits for a single mistake. We erased our plans of travel and adventure and now cling to the safety of our walls. We do battle with our fears.
-- from "My Treasure," by Wayne Bizer
The days were passing quickly, even pleasantly. I got together virtually with friends and family, attended services in a ZOOM room, took online classes, and signed up for webinars with best-selling authors and pundits.
-- Barbara Viniar
Outdoors, we experience the majesty of the Sun’s trajectory from sunrise at its extreme northeast reach, climbing to what seems to be the top of the sky at midday and then arcing to set at its extreme northwest position on the horizon.
