Susitna Writer's Voice--StarDate Susitna 9-18-2016
The September equinox, the moon’s path through the winter stars, Mercury in the morning, and more.
Susitna Writer’s Voice is KTNA’s weekly showcase of writing and storytelling from the Upper Susitna Valley and beyond. In short, locally produced episodes, writers and community members share fiction, nonfiction, poetry, essays, memoirs, interviews, student work, science features, and collaborative pieces. The series celebrates diverse voices, creativity, lived experience, and the stories that connect the community.
The September equinox, the moon’s path through the winter stars, Mercury in the morning, and more.
In this edition, Kathleen covers the activities of the moon, the eclipse season and ancient myths and assumptions about eclipses.
Growing up in the Midwest I saw all kinds of extreme meteorological conditions from ice storms to heat waves, blizzards to cold snaps and tornadoes to severe thunderstorms. Without question
The activities of La Luna, the returning stars in a darkening night sky, and more about next year’s total solar eclipse. Note for the link
Photos by Robin Song Before I get into my story, I want to share a quick update on the two nests I observed last summer. The eagle nest in
The best meteor shower of the summer is coming up, and our nights are just barely dark enough now to see the brighter shooting stars…
Talkeetna resident and wilderness adventurer Willi Prittie remembers two unforgettable learning experiences on fast-flowing water, one with friends on a warm desert river, the other on a cold flooded creek
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In this Natural Observations, Robin Song takes us on a closer look at some of the inhabitants of area wetlands, and some interesting relationships between them. As winter changed