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Lovely the view,
snow covered grass,
white capped shrubs,
fluffy blankets
on benches.

Ten thousand eyes
were watching me,
they were on my TV.

Odd how my love,
believed the announcers
can see her.
She cannot discern from
TV and reality.

Two hundred miles,
a drive away
from another night
and one more day,
of missing you.

Born the writer,
following a star,
writing the words,
is who you are.

Choose words wisely,
saying auto not car,
you will define,
the writer you are.

A long journey,
a trip to the Sun,
riding a rocket,
should be fun.

I've traveled for miles,
to find where you are.
Searching the universe,
every planet and star.

When I find you,
happy I'll be,
for you are elusive,
especially for me.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

Thor not only has his own day (Thursday), but a helmet in the heavens. Popularly called Thor's Helmet, NGC 2359 is a hat-shaped cosmic cloud with wing-like appendages. Heroically sized even for a Norse god, Thor's Helmet is about 30 light-years across. In fact, the cosmic head-covering is more like an interstellar bubble, blown with a fast wind from the bright, massive star near the bubble's center. Known as a Wolf-Rayet star, the central star is an extremely hot giant thought to be in a brief, pre-supernova stage of evolution. NGC 2359 is located about 15,000 light-years away toward the constellation of the Great Overdog. This remarkably sharp image is a mixed cocktail of data from narrowband filters, capturing not only natural looking stars but details of the nebula's filamentary structures. The star in the center of Thor's Helmet is expected to explode in a spectacular supernova sometime within the next few thousand years. Almost Hyperspace: Random APOD Generator

Photo by Hannah Rochford

The December Solstice brings in the astronomical winter and summer seasons for the two hemispheres of our planet - The winter season for the Northern Hemisphere and the summer season for the Southern Hemisphere. On the day of a solstice, the Earth is at its maximum tilt, 23.5 degrees, either toward or away from the sun. In the northern hemisphere the date marks the 24-hour period with the fewest daylight hours of the year.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

What's causing the commotion in the Tadpole Nebula? Star formation. Dusty emission in the Tadpole Nebula, IC 410, lies about 12,000 light-years away in the northern constellation of the Charioteer (Auriga). The cloud of glowing gas is over 100 light-years across, sculpted by stellar winds and radiation from embedded open star cluster NGC 1893. Formed in the interstellar cloud a mere 4 million years ago, bright newly formed cluster stars are seen all around the star-forming nebula. Notable on the lower-right of the featured image are two relatively dense streamers of material trailing away from the nebula's central regions. Potentially sites of ongoing star formation in IC 410, these cosmic tadpole shapes are about 10 light-years long. The image was processed highlighting the emission from sulfur (red), hydrogen (green), and oxygen (blue) gas -- but with the stars digitally removed.

Photo by Craig Stocks

Snowed last night,
lovely to see,
making travel difficult.
Snow driving not for me.

I will tolerate slow service,
but dislike being ignored.
The elderly problem
of being invisible.

A million smiles,
is what I'll see,
when we meet,
if time is free.

A whirl of dust,
a life unclaimed.
Knew you then,
but not your name.

Sad are the days,
when I am missing you.
You have left,
now I am blue.