{"id":4996,"date":"2024-08-23T09:28:45","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T13:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christopherdonahue.com\/?p=4996"},"modified":"2024-08-26T16:35:11","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T20:35:11","slug":"of-mice-and-meteors-and-conjunctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christopherdonahue.com\/?p=4996","title":{"rendered":"Of Mice and Meteors, Dreams and Conjunctions"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first few weeks of August I usually get a terrible night’s sleep. And that’s because I”m expecting the annual Perseid<\/em> <\/a>meteor shower. Meteor showers are best observed after midnight of course.<\/p>\n

But this night, my wife’s screaming and a nudge woke me up.<\/p>\n

Rustle’s got a mouse! He’s got a mouse!<\/em><\/p>\n

Re-booting my brain from a deep slumber I groggily sprang from my bed to see what was the matter. Quiet Rustle was jumping on and off the mattress.\u00a0 I couldn’t find my glasses so, beside my waking brain, everything else was foggy too.<\/p>\n

But sure enough, I saw a dark lump protruding from Rustle’s mouth.<\/p>\n

I grabbed a paper towel and Rustle. Thanking him profusely for his fine work and gift, I gently removed the seemingly otherwise fine mouse from Rustle’s mouth and staggered outside.<\/p>\n

Stumbling barefoot down the driveway in the dark,\u00a0 I placed the mouse on the grass alongside. The terrified mouse darted off. I happened to glance up and what to my wondering eyes did appear but a stunning\u00a0 conjunction of Mars and Jupiter<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

I was now fully awake, standing in my underwear in the driveway looking at the stars.<\/p>\n

On a lovely summer night no less.<\/p>\n

In the morning, it would all seem like a dream.<\/em><\/p>\n

copyright 2024 Christopher Donahue<\/em><\/p>\n

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