Wed. 09/22 - The Wonders of Fall, and the Cosmos

Sharing some reflections, some poetry, and a bit of a historical context on what it is that makes fall strike such a strong chord with so many of us, in honor of this first day of fall. And a look at NASA’s upcoming Lucy mission to Jupiter’s asteroids that somehow includes facts about the Beatles, Mexican track and field athlete Norma Enriqueta Basilio Sotelo, and The Iliad.
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Between Restlessness and Rapture: Autumn and the Sensual Urgency of Aliveness (Brain Pickings)

A Sunset of the City (Gwendolyn Brooks, Poetry Foundation)

Sonnet 73: That time of year thou mayst in me… (William Shakespeare, Poetry Foundation)

To Autumn by John Keats (John Keats, Poetry Foundation)

John Keats: “To Autumn” by Caitlin Kimball (Poetry Foundation)

Halloween: From Pagan Ritual to Party Night by Nicholas Rogers

The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man's Love Affair with Nature a book by J. Drew Lanham by J. Drew Lanham

NASA's Lucy mission will visit at least 8 asteroids on a loop-de-loop trajectory (Bad Astronomy, Syfy)

Queta - The Story Behind the Name - Lucy Mission (NASA)
Where Is Lucy?

Netflix buys Wonka author Dahl's catalog (AP)

Roald Dahl's Family Apologizes For His Anti-Semitic Comments (NPR)
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