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Great Mountain Forest to host Nature Writing Retreat at Historic Yale Camp in Falls Village, Conn., Aug. 7 to 9

“The retreat brings people together, builds community in the forest, gets participants outside and off their screens, and uses nature sustainably to heal and inspire minds and souls,” stated Great Mountain Forest Executive Director Michael Zafros. Retreat registration closes on July 30.

EYES TO THE SKY: A quintet of planets before dawn

This reasonably rare alignment of five planets is “essentially a quirk” of the universe, and is well worth seeing.

A view of the sky (and stars) at Mt. Everett

That something so routine as a skylight should resemble a portal to the mysterious beyond is not surprising for Mt. Everett High School.

EYES TO THE SKY: Dawn is alight with meteors, four planets

At dawn, throw off the covers: Superlative planetary grouping, Orionid meteor shower. The sky is a dream of meteors.

EYES TO THE SKY: Autumnal equinox and supermoon eclipse

Celestial events that nourish our spirits and become a part of our life histories are at play through the coming weeks.

EYES TO THE SKY: Seasonal change is aloft, vernal equinox

March 9 - 22, 2015  What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare.
………… No time to see, in broad...

EYES TO THE SKY: Exquisite planet, moon pairings at dusk, dawn  

In deepening twilight, above Venus the planet Mars emerges, with its dim but steady, rusty-gold to orange light. The two planets appear closer together each evening, an exquisite show culminating on the 20th when a waxing, eyelash crescent moon joins the pair the day before their closest approach.
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