#419: (Re)clipse

We’re driving into Ohio tomorrow to put ourselves in the path of totality for the solar eclipse. Detroit’s getting a 99% partial eclipse, but partial is not total, and believe me and the rest of the internet when we say: that extra percent is worth it.

The 2017 eclipse was, in hindsight, a major turning point in my life. See You in the Cosmos had come out that February, I’d just adopted Matisse, and Julia and I had met but not yet started dating. As I wrote then, I went in looking to cleave time ...