dammit!  i just stepped outside.  it's too cloudy to see The Great Conjunction.  i am watching the livestream from griffith observatory.  it ain't the same as seeing it with my own eyes but i've been watching saturn & jupiter these last few days growing closer together.  & the technology of a livestream would be considered witchcraft to the people who saw this thrilling night time astronomical event 800 years ago.  astonishing times we live in.  scary as fuck too.  but i remember last summer in cayucos nick pointed his camera at saturn & retrieved stunning photos of the planet, her rings & a few of her moons.  these celestial things are always here, always above us, & will, most likely, outlast us.  & i am in fucking awe of the sheer beauty & majesty of our home, the earth, the solar system, & the universe.  we are alive.  we are sentient.  we need to be is alert, patient, humble, & pay attention.  as the late poet steve carey wrote, 'Oh, Mom, it is so beautiful'.