Eclipse fever? Watch it on the Web.

Every day, I enjoy something outside. Often, birds catch my fancy, as do flowers and insects. I love watching light and shadow change throughout the day. Too many people don’t go outside and savor a moment in nature.

For that reason, I hate to be a killjoy about the upcoming eclipse. However, I remember the most recent annular eclipse in Albuquerque and of those people who were here who I’ve talked to about it, no one else remembers it. Perhaps that says something about the event.

I’ll be out there at the end of my block, as good a place as any for totality, which is relatively high in the northwest. I’ll be just as excited to watch the sunrise tomorrow. A full moon rising over the Sandias thrills me more.

As for the eclipse, it will be simulcast and the Web will be splashed with photos and video soon after. The best seat in the house is in front of your computer.

Don’t forget to go outside some other time and look up for no reason other than that doing so is in our blood. Being outside savoring nature nurtures us.

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