The first tinge of light heralds Eclipse dawn over the Blue Mountains.
Happy day beloved Joy Train Rider! I hope you enjoyed a rejuvenating weekend.
Today is a “triple threat” for me: a total solar eclipse visible from a large swath of North America and some parts of Kingston, Jamaica: the seventh anniversary of my mother’s death in 2017, and the day we launch a transformative project a year in the making. I feel quivery with anticipation like an overexcited puppy.
I am beyond thrilled thinking of so many millions of people turning their eyes to the skies simultaneously today, in joy, in expectation, hopefully swimming in a sea of brother-and-sisterhood wherever we congregate to watch the eclipse. I’m beaming love out into the ether to each and all, to break down all barriers. And I’m calling on the energy released by this cosmic mating to expand love to the benefit of all the world.
Today I’m taking you back to the last Total Solar Eclipse in 2017, which happened on my birthday, August 21. Out forever friend and colleague, the world’s greatest camping organizer Evonne Blythers, secured two prized spots for Frank and me in a North Carolina campground with the group Renegade Campers. There was a spirt of reverent anticipation for the event.
WHO KNEW IT WOULD LAST THREE HOURS? The eclipse went on for 90 mins since the moon started to cross in front of the sun, the few minutes when it completely covered the sun, and the 90 mins to cross to the other side!
NOW HERE’S THE KICKER!!
If you weren’t wearing those special eclipse glasses, YOU WOULD HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WAS GOING ON UNTIL THE MOON BLOCKED OUT THE SUN!
SIMULTANEOULY, THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED FOR MINUTES WHILE THE MOON BLOTTED OUT THE SUN!
I kept taking off my glasses and looking around over the three hours, and it looked like just a regular day except
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