
It’s no use pretending otherwise, the eclipse was a terrible disappointment. Everybody gathered at Allia Bay had invested a lot of time, effort, and in many cases a large amount of money, to be in the right place at the right time to see the full solar eclipse or (as I now know to call it) totality. None of us did. A sandstorm, on the leading edge of a lot of cloud and wind but very little rain, swept across the flat volcanic land. It swept across all of us peering skyward in Allia Bay and ... Continue Reading