Moon gazers

If you are interested in astronomy (who isn't, just a bit?), there is a penumbral eclipse of the moon tonight starting at about 8:05 and ending at 10:50.  A penumbral eclipse is not a full eclipse -- the moon is travelling through earth's shadow, but just the edge of it.  It will be hard to see (even if the skies are clear) -- the moon will dim a little as it enters our shadow.  The information I have says to use a telescope, binoculars or a good camera.  I will be out watching myself, but I will have to take a nap this afternoon in order to be alert.  Daisy is having trouble distinguishing day from night these days (her eyesight isn't good and she is fourteen, so she is having some general intellectual troubles anyway) and was up and down last night.  She has a day bed she sleeps on and sometimes she struggles to jump up on it (although she can do it) and so whenever she jumps down (thinking it's morning), I wake up and then worry that she can't get back to bed and so I get up to help her.  It's like having a baby!  You never get into a deep sleep, because you're listening for trouble!

If you're wondering about how theatre is faring in these days of isolation, here's an interesting article from the New York Times about the drive to create and see theatre no matter what obstacles you face!   It's inspiring.  (link:  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/04/theater/theaters-persevere-in-pandemic.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage)  I am certainly thinking about what sort of show we can do if we aren't able to come back fully in September.    I watched a production of Moliere's "Tartuffe" presented by a theatre group called Moliere in the Park -- it was performed on a kind of Zoom screen and it was strange and kind of static to begin with, but the actors were quite good and it worked if you went there with them.  You can still access it on Youtube if you are interested.  It is very funny but remember to be patient at first.  It isn't like seeing a filmed play or like a movie or tv show -- you have to accustom yourself to the strangeness of the actors not looking at each other and not really being able to interact.