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

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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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Links:

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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Jackson Bird on Twitter

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