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Stargazin’
This past summer, out in the wilderness of Wisconsin, I made a sort of confusing discovery. There were a dozen of us at a bonfire, all college educated to some degree. It was a perfect night, and the stars were out, Milky Way dripping its way across the sky.
But when we put our heads together, we could only identify three constellations between us: Cassiopeia, the Big Dipper, and the Little Dipper. That’s it. If we were lost at sea in the Age of Discovery, we’d have no idea how to get home. That’s a lame way to say we couldn’t navigate by the stars, but you know what I’m talking about.
The next day I swore to correct this, and went into three book shops to find a collection of star maps. I know, I know, there’s an app for that. Even the bookstore people pointed it out. Well, I don’t want an app, I want knowledge.
A few bookstores later, I found it. The National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Night Sky. Armed with this book, and a hopefully a few clear nights to come, I will be reporting on my discoveries.
Watch this space.*
*no puns are ever intended, unless I find them clever after you bring them up to me.
