The Moon is the easiest wonder we keep ignoring
The Moon was visible above the neighbor's roof, and I almost walked past it. I was carrying a bag, thinking about dinner and behaving as though a bright world suspended above the garden were merely
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Backyard Sky
A notebook for looking up: the Moon, familiar constellations and nights that surprise us.
Words by Priya North
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Clouds wrecked my skywatching. The notebook got better.
The clouds won. I had carried the binoculars outside, found the notebook and arranged a chair before noticing that the promising gap in the sky was closing with considerable enthusiasm.
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