Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for February 18, 2018

the city there doesn’t know what it’s missing

It got the cars too. Be very concerned.

“Marigold! Why did you shut down the power all over…oh my God! The sky looks even more beautiful!”

Reminds me of the Northeast blackout of 2003 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_blackout_of_2003). Removed the light pollution obstructing the night sky and made for great star viewing. Recall some reports of people who spent their entire lives in cities looking up and seeing the massive increase in visible stars.

Marigold did an EMP so Phoebe could see the stars? We can live with that. Backups will hold for five minutes.

And in that five minutes of darkness there was mass panic in the streets. Some people formed mobs, looting and vandalizing while others ran screaming or hid in terror hoping that the lights will come bac…oh, sorry about that. I guess I was just looking at the dark side.

Man, I hate light pollution. I mean, I know we need street lights and stuff, but I think that we’ve gone a tad overboard sometimes.

Well, that’ll be in all the tabloids tomorrow…

When hurricane Sandy struck and knocked out the power for several days, there was a beautiful quietness on the way to work. It was so relaxing.

Don’t let Marigold play Watch Dogs.

Did Marigold get all the UPS systems as well?

I remember driving out into the desert away from the freeway between Primm, NV and Baker, CA once. Away from the light pollution of Las Vegas, the sky was phenomenal. We could see the Milky Way and an extraordinary number of stars.

I remember when I was a child (over a half century ago), the sky looked like the last panel in today’s strip (more stars, actually, and the Milky Way was an amazing sight). And that was living five miles from Philadelphia. Today, I live in the same area and any visible stars are rare.

Marigold Heavenly Nostrils; bane of surgeons and hospitals

Good friends help you move. Really good friends help you move bodies.

i hope the Hospitales still work ….

i hope the Hospitales still work ….

i hope the Hospitales still work ….

i hope the Hospitales still work ….

I bet every astronomer in the region sent Marigold packages of carrots, apples, alfalfa, and sugar cubes the next day.

“…show you the universe” OH! how I love those stars! The first time I really saw them was in Michign’s Upper Peninsula. I drew back a curtain after the lights were out and it was like a physical push. NEVER seen anything like it.

I think this might be one of my favorite Marigold moments yet—thoughtful, funny, magical and yet still her own way of getting things done!

Love it, love it, love it!

Just once in 1962 did I see the night sky unobstructed by city lights. Got to see the galactic arm of our galaxy, the Milky Way. No wonder our ancestors were so interested in it. Till one developed lighting that is.

I got the privilege at a camp miles from the nearest town. I couldn’t help thinking that the sky, while pretty, kinda looked like a mess.

I grew up in an area with no light pollution. Nevertheless, I thought stars were a myth until I was 8 1/2 years old, failed the eye-chart test at school (“What big E?”), and got glasses. Only four-eyed kid in that school, which then housed grades 1-12. This was quite a while ago!

I would love to see that view. Then I could actually USE that telescope I keep in my garage.

I’m suddenly imagining the Ker-sparkle sounding like that thunderclap you hear on Coast To Coast AM… which is probably what you would hear prior to the power going out. :P