eldriwolf

The Eclipse was awesome--on and off cloudy, but over all, WOW!
At totality, it was almost Straight over head (midwinter, midheavens, midnight, half hidden by clouds, double dimmed)
Most of the other eclipses I have seen were more in the summer,
so the moon was lower in the sky--
Of course that also means it is Easy to spend the whole night under the stars, hanging out with friends---for this one I was alone, except for the certain knowledge of friends far off, *Also watching*.

When the moon first rose, I could not see her at ALL, I thought the whole thing would be a wash---but the clouds became patchy, she played peek-a-boo.
So did I. I would step up and watch her, then come back inside and rewarm--I Thought about walking to the nearby stone circle---but wimped out--I even went to bed before her full return.
But I *could* have seen the whole show.
This time, totality was at mid heavens/mid night. In other eclipses this has not always been the case. Some of them were at least partially hidden behind the earth...

I had a big pot of hot spiced apple cider to warm up with,and raise a toast to absent friends, and to share with passers-by


the Link (thinking about our ancestors is beneficial)

http://bps-research-digest.blogspot.com/2010/12/benefits-of-thinking-about-your.html