I am almost ready to start making sacrifices to whatever god or goddess that can promise us a clear sky at night. The situation is turning serious, here in the Chicago area, for astronomers. It has been over two weeks since I have been able to use a
binocular or
telescope and I begin to wonder if
astronomy in this area is doomed to become extinct. Okay, okay, that is a bit gloomy, but it reading astronomy magazines and pouring over old familiar star maps can only go so far to fill an astronomer's needs. Please (insert the deity of your choice, here), give Joanie a clear sky. Her
astronomy binoculars are getting, lonely. (So is she.)