Dropouts. Opponents. Sunny Confederacy

March 8th and the world didn’t end. So it didn’t matter if I slept late or not.

People tend to worry too much. They think everything in existence behaves just like they do.

Voted least likely to forgive and forget a no-show. (whatsthatpicture/commons.wikimedia.org)

Remember that kid in your group that would promise – PROMISE – to show up someplace, but at the last minute, MIA?

“Something came up. Sorry about that.”

Despite being one of March 8th’s major Doomsday players, Asteroid 2016 TX 68, realized it had a previous appointment and put the stardust to the orbit. Swooped by early on Monday, March 7th, about 8:42 am EST.

Can’t trust those wanna-be star types. (Why the slippery asteroid surprised scientists)

Then there’s the eager social butterflies who shine brighter together. 

Sun and Moon: the original Twiddle Delight and Twiddle de Fun. This pairing featured the first of the year’s six SuperMoons and the only Total Solar Eclipse for 2016. (Ignore all that Earthy tidal potential. Just more theatrical overhead.)

Hey, my agent said these things would drone on. But I’m wondering, do drones even have tiny pilots?(USPD)

In any crowd, and there’s always one with Oppositional Disorder. 

That’s Jupiter right now.

A bit standoffish, Jupiter is currently the brightest object in the sky and exactly opposite the sun in the sky so it is rising just as the sun sets and stays visible until setting as the sun rises.  (Jupiter’s Return. space.com).

Not sure if the big planet is independently moving with super confidence of its’ own abilities or showing an unwillingness to work with others.

Or maybe it’s all just a jumble of rocks rolling.

“Sound and fury signifying nothing.”

Always something to those who wish it to be: Seeing signs and auspicious occasions.

Decided by point of view.(Flying through Aurora’s Green Fog.NASA.gov/ USPD)

On August 22, 1142 there was a total solar eclipse. Three and a half minutes. Impressive.

 Also on that date, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, possibly the one of the world’s oldest democracies, was finalized as the Senecas joined with other nations (Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga) in accepting “The Great Law of Peace.” The ratification council met near what is now Victor, NY (call “Gonandaga” by the Seneca)

Long before their time, gender specific rights, duties, and responsibilities existed here. Under The Great Law, women owned the lands and homes, held veto power in some situations if war was being considered, and the clan mothers chose the male candidates for chief.

Read more about that notable eclipse and a Confederacy of Laws here:

• A serious article (archeology, oral history by the tribal Keepers vs European history, and co-founders including Hiawatha and Jingosaseh, a woman) “Dating the Iroquois Confederacy“
• Or here’s a short version with maps and pictures, “Solar eclipse marked the beginning of Iroquois Confederacy.”

Certainly enough to keep one spinning.

Phil, the Philosopher Mouse of the Hedge.

Thin band of everything and nothing. (Last sunrise from a Year in Space/NASA.gov/USPD)