Francis by Patrick J. Marrin for June 28, 2018

…and Sister Moon…still loving life for 800 years and counting…even on overcast days.

And thank you, Br. Leo, for a beautiful start to my day!

Where does your shadow go when the sun goes down?

My niece asked me, “What is the speed of dark?” I have the answer for that. It’s a negative 300,000 kps. When you open a closet door the dark rushes out at this amazing speed. Being very volatile, it evaporates instantly. Eventually enough dark collects in the upper atmosphere where it condenses, causing night. Since people open closet doors more often in the winter to get coats and boots and such, it gets darker sooner at that time of year.

Scientists are concerned about our dwindling supply of dark. Slant-drilling efforts to mine dark from the undersides of buildings and parking lots are an environmental concern.

" You are a child of the universe, No less than the trees and the stars, You have a right to be here…and whether or not it is clear to you, No doubt the universe is unfolding, as it should."

Universal expanding is speeding up continually. Which cancels out Heat Death crunch. Instead the dark matter that holds things together will eventually rip it apart. Cold darkness.

no update twice in a row?

are we frozen in time?