Normandie Avenue from Griffith Observatory

october country

glass house in the sky

scenes from a film project

the lost month

One of these days, please remind me to explain why I haven't been online to blog for a month.

moon landing

remarkable

"Americans are far more remarkable than we give ourselves credit for. We've been so busy damning ourselves for years. We've done it all, and yet we don't take credit for it."

Ray Bradbury

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Above, two photos courtesy of JPL taken at Planetfest 1981. The top image is of the world's first unfurling of a solar sail. I was standing right there, an ordinary citizen witnessing history. My modest camera's photos weren't very good so I hope JPL will forgive my sharing theirs.

The lower image is of a panel discussion at that same conference-- Carl Sagan, Bruce Murray, Ted Koppel, Ray Bradbury, and Gene Roddenberry. I was in the front row.

Reaching the stars... It all seemed so dazzlingly possible.

Perhaps it will again.