Susitna Writer's Voice--StarDate Susitna, by Kathleen Fleming
The night sky over the Susitna Valley: its waning moon, what to expect with this week’s Orionid meteors, where to see the stars of the summer triangle, 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 night sky over the Susitna Valley: its waning moon, what to expect with this week’s Orionid meteors, where to see the stars of the summer triangle, and more.
Jessa the banty hen had been part of my family for almost four months, and was doing splendidly with the dogs and my other birds, so I decided she
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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…