- I learned of Fernando Pessoa on March 30, 2025, in Bothell, Washington, sometime around 1am, while watching the video The Terrible Paradox of Self Awareness by Pursuit of Wonder on YouTube. I write these notes the next morning. There is a connection between me and Pessoa: a co-existence in the moment. Pessoa is to be explored.
- Merak (stars.astro.illinois.edu)
MERAK (Beta Ursae Majoris). High in the sky in northern spring evenings, just climbing above the northern horizon in southern hemisphere autumn, the Big Dipper – the “plough” in England – is among the most recognized and recognizable of figures, one of the first learned in a quest to know the constellations.