[graham.hobart (Graham stevens)]

I admire the honesty of posters and glad I started it, as it is a mirror on our society, how we look at each other, how we look at crime in general, and how we compute the recent events.
I thank those of you for being honest, up front and sometimes gladiatorial about what is a contentious subject.
There is no judgement here, as we are lucky we share the love of dark skies and sometimes solitude, as our narcotic.
I have been on this website for a few years now and mostly I have had positive experiences. Sometimes we forget how we extend our selves in the outer world- one not obsessed by filters, sensors, aperture or clear sky index.
I had a conversation tonight with a friend who is quite worldly, is an artist who sells his paintings for thousands of dollars yet bucks and puts his hand up over his eyes over a discussion of light speed and red shift.
We my friends (I'm talking to all of you posters), are the arbiters of something wonderful. Share this gift.
And for the hopeless romantics, I started this post with a quote and I'll end it (I hope) with this one.....
From 1818
John Keats
Probably a lament for those sleep starved astronomers.....
"O Magic sleep!, O comfortable bird,
That broodest O' er that troubled sea of mind.
Till it is hushed and smooth"
Let that put these things to rest
Graham