10 years ago, Phillip and I were living in a hotel on Cocoa Beach waiting for our first house to be finished. He was working at SeaWorld Orlando and I was teaching fourth grade at a school in Kissimmee. Yesterday 10 years ago Phillip had an interview with SpaceX, the one that got him the job.
That day 10 years ago happened to be my birthday. I got out of work early and went surfing with a few friends. As I sat on my board past where the break was, I saw Phillip paddling out to meet me. He came up to my side and plopped in the water. Then he held out a box and asked me to marry him.
Yesterday I celebrated my 35th birthday. How things have changed since my Cocoa beach days. Last night we had a small gathering, Dia de Los Muertos themed. I was surrounded by my favorite people in Maine. A community I am so happy to have obtained. I’m looking forward to years of abundance, building upon what we have here. It is going to be epic.
I got a pretty sweet Astronomical birthday gift as well. Comet A3 was visible from the farm! There was also a beautiful nearly full moon. It was a good sign to me, that the next 10 years will be far more incredible than the last.
We don’t have much going on at the farm other than weeding and mulching. I’ll be harvesting the carrots and yams soon. Let me know if I can add you to the list of people who are interested in having some. They store well in cool dry spaces, could keep for months.
I am going to be at Harvest Fest on the Ridge Saturday from 12:00 to 4:00 with info station about the importance of darkness. Check out the event if you can! We will also be attending parts of the Maine Space Conference this next week. It is a 3-day event talking about Maine space economy, where it is and where it is going. Topics ranging from Astronomy to space technology.
We plan to do some pop-up events on the observation deck next week during the conference. If weather is good, we will do some late-night viewing of Jupiter and Mars. I will send out an email as soon as we have plans.
Hope you are embracing this shift to cold. A positive, better potential for Astronomy!
-Gwendolyn