Clusters of Memories

I have been fascinated with the stars and planets for as long as I could look up and see them. In the clear, dark Nebraska skies they were a glorious glowing spectacle that could not be ignored. The image above shows Jupiter, the brightest object in the photo, perched above a V-shaped cluster of starsContinue reading “Clusters of Memories”

One Hundred Thousand Years and Eight Minutes

Warmth from morning sunbeams sent steamy vapors streaming outward and upward from the trunk of this tree. I just had to savor magic of the moment before releasing my inner nerd, for the energy that made it happen was created a long time ago. Here goes! Sometime about 100,000 years ago some protons in theContinue reading “One Hundred Thousand Years and Eight Minutes”