A Starry New Year

There’s a halo around the full moon tonight (Friday night).  I noticed when I was walking my dog.  It’s brutally cold.  Pete is not fond of walking when it’s cold and I have to talk him into it.

The New Year is coming fast like a comet.  The year behind me was hard but glorious.  We lost a dear friend (Robert Rehm) and two members of the family in the last three months, and they will be terribly missed–Paul Babcock, head of the Babcock part of the family and my aunt Dorothy Bell.

In July, we welcomed baby Penelope, my grand-daughter, and she is the bright star in all our lives.  In September, I signed a new book contract and have been deep in edits ever since though I’m getting close to the end.

I am very much a stargazer both physically and philosophically.  Recently I learned that the biggest diamond is actually a star, a crystallized white dwarf that astronomers have named Lucy.  At its core, it has a diamond that is 10 billion trillion trillion carets.   Now ladies that would be some ring.  This barely shimmering star is in the constellation Centaurus.   A lot of astronomy sites have been talking about it for a long time.  I’m actually a late comer to the news.  For more on this diamond in the sky, visit the BBC site : http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/3492919.stm

Where did I learn about it?  You’re going to laugh.  From Pinterest.  Someone posted the photo with a little explanation.  At that moment, the quest for Lucy was on.  I just had to know if what they said was real.  Could science/astronomy sites verify? Yes they did.

Well, I’m excited.  A new year is coming.  New quests.  New adventures.  A new book.  My brain bursting with new stories.  And Penelope looking at everything with a sense of wonder.

–Susan

Susan Hanniford Crowley

http://www.susanhannifordcrowley.com

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