dogwalkingwithdougpart2
Wednesday, August 12, 2026
Tuning into the solar eclipse in Iceland with the international space orchestra playing Voyager by PJ Harvey.
Voyager
long years, far place
dark nights, dark days
frozen, silent
bearing Earth-songs
force fields, high winds
cold moons, bright rings
hear my signal
will you follow?
look back at us
as a speck of dust
darkness our home
bear it through love
last note, last sign
Neptune, Triton
fading signal
choose light… choose love
Voyager, look back
at a pale-blue dot
all we don’t know
a flake of snow
dust in a sunbeam, blue dot
so far, so cold
kindness, care for…
our shelter… tender
It's getting dark. The next storm will arrive soon, along with the solar eclipse, while I walk Lulu.
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The recent American eclipse sequence gives tomorrows’ event more context. On August 21, 2017, a total solar eclipse crossed the continental United States from Oregon to South Carolina. It occurred in Leo, the sign traditionally associated with kingship, sovereignty, public authority, charisma and leadership. Astrologers paid particular attention to it because of the old mundane-astrology principle that an eclipse bears most strongly on the countries beneath its path. The eclipse arrived only months into Donald Trump’s presidency, a period of intense political polarization and institutional stress. (Daniel Pinchbeck)
Today a total solar eclipse is happening unseen at 12:47 Central Standard Time and folks are already waxing nostalgic about the life and legacy of genocide Joe as the genocide grinds on without him.






