Warmer weather has set in for a while, so spent the afternoon on a sunny balcony tidying up my little manuscript - sent it off to a publisher for comment, so can expect to hear in three months' time. No matter what the outcome, it will be published before the end of the year in whatever format I decide, but obviously first prize is having someone else do it for me! Time will tell and it's been thrown out into the universe for a decision.
Now I can concentrate on finishing the big one - time for some self-discipline and alone time. Perhaps a few weeks away from home...? In some far distant clime...? Ah, well, no harm in dreaming.
Venus and Mercury were pretty in the sky just after sunset as they do a celestial dance every evening. This evening was the first clear view in days, and after the moon has set around midnight will be a good time for those of you who want to don a woolly cap and large jacket to observe the spectaculousness (!) of the southern skies at this time of the year. Binoculars will be handy if you want to spot satellites and if you see three in formation, you're being spied on. However, I'm sure that our small little lives will be of no interest to the CIA or FBI or whatever Big Brother is seeking to control, and you can moon them with impunity! (Pun intended.)
Every day, astronomers and other scientists are discovering more and more about the universe beyond our solar system and each new discovery is showing how little we really do know. Remember that anything is possible and that every atom that makes up the universe, every wave and particle, dark matter or light matter and things that have still to be discovered and named, both visible and invisible, hold the same importance in the greater scheme of things.
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