Author: Robert Mercer

The other day while coming in during the early evening hours, I spy an abnormally bright star, so bright it just had to be a planet!  Have you noticed it? Typical of me, I do not follow the timing of planet visibility. I prefer the sense of discovery; being surprised. As soon as you have…

Now that I am retired, Eileen and I decided to travel. At the time of this writing in Mid-January we are not far from Charleston, SC. How different! Instead of cold weather, it is spring-like. We look out our window and see birds not regularly seen at this time around our home in Pennsylvania. We see…