Susitna Writer's Voice--StarDate Susitna 4-19-2015, by Kathleen Fleming
The waxing crescent moon, quite a lot about Venus, the status of darkness in the Susitna Valley, the Lyrid meteor shower Wednesday night, and a little history and magic, all
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