Why Did the Eclipse Make Me Cry?
The 2017 Kentucky eclipse made me want to see another. When I heard it was coming across northern New England, it seemed so easy to access. I gathered some friends.
When you enter totality, you feel it, not just in your body but in your being. The temperature drops and your skin reacts. In Kentucky, the birds and animals went silent and the bugs buzz rose up in a sudden orchestra creating a spectacle for the ears. It was notable. The world went black. I remember awe. Then it was over, and I wasn’t ready for it to end.
This time, in reference to being able to see it up north, most comments in my social media feed were negative. “Who would come up north to see it,” they opined. “You’ll just see clouds,” they harped.
Why was everyone being so negative, I wondered. A quick search online revealed that historically on April 8th there is an 80% chance of cloud cover in that area of New Hampshire.
Luckily, the ten-day predicted sunny skies for Monday. I didn’t want to get my hopes up. Had the 10-day predicted rain, I would have said there was […]
