Just saw Jack Horkheimer’s weekly astronomy
bit–Sirius, the Dog Star, will rise in the southeast
on New Year’s Eve and hit its high point in the sky at
midnight–happens every year in each time zone

One of the neatest bits in the universe, so if any of
us are still awake at midnight we must remember to
check it out

As Jack always concludes, keep looking up!

Happy New Year–he did it again

The Rural Life:  New Year’s Eve
By VERLYN KLINKENBORG

There is something deeply gratifying about joining the horses in their pasture a few minutes before the clock strikes 12 at the turn of a new year.