Pompeii, 2024
Mind officially blown. Pompeii is absolutely amazing. We spent the entire day wandering through history. I had no idea how big it was or how fascinating it would be.
Rome, 2024
We just got back from a 3 week trip to Italy and France. Rome was our first stop. The entire city was under construction getting ready for the 2025 Jubilee. The Jubilee is a centuries-old Catholic tradition that occurs every 25 years. It's a time for spiritual renewal, forgiveness, and celebration. The Catholic Church encourages Catholics to make pilgrimages to Rome or to a sacred site in their local diocese during the Jubilee. It begins on Christmas Eve this year and runs all year. This is a fascinating city if you’re at all into history. Also a great place to get your phone pick-pocketed on the subway, which really put a damper on things for a while. These are best viewed on a laptop or big screen. Captions will identify where we were. Come along!
Winter is coming.
Mama Moose came by this afternoon and was not amused to find our little bog pond frozen.
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The show tonight. Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS)
The clouds held off just enough to get a shot of the comet as the sun set behind Mt. Redoubt volcano. Click on the image for full-screen.
Chasing Comets
With clear skies tonight we drove up to the parking lot at Flattop high above Anchorage around 7:30pm hoping to get a view of the comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS. There were quite a few people waiting and praying the cloud layers would clear. And finally, we could see it! Really fun sharing this once in 80,000 years event with others. What a night.
