Tag Archives: Astronomy

Meteor Watch Day

This is another one of those days that seems like it was stupidly timed. There are meteor showers, but none of the famous ones—why not wait 60 days and do it in August when the Perseids show up? I dug … Continue reading

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Road Trip Day

I adore traveling. I think I have mentioned before that I grew up in a family that drove pretty much everywhere all the time, and that the hubs refuses to fly to this day if we can get there by … Continue reading

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Pluto Day

On this day in 1930, Clyde Tombaugh found Pluto, with no idea that someday a bunch of wags on social media would say they were old enough to remember when it was a planet. It’s now a dwarf planet, and … Continue reading

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