As an independent, self-published author, I realize the importance of book reviews. As many of us say, “Reviews are our bread-and-butter!” Without the aid of the huge publishing companies like Penguin Random House, Harper Collins, and Simon and Schuster, we have to be our own advertisers and publicists.

This enhanced image of the Moon was taken with the NOAO Mosaic CCD camera using two of the National Science Foundation's telescopes located at Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson, AZ. The image of the Moon itself was taken through the U-band filter at the 0.9-meter telescope. It is superimposed on a deep R-band image of the background sky taken at the Mayall 4-meter telescope. This composite image demonstrates the large field of view of the 0.9-meter telescope when using Mosaic, a view that covers more than five times the area of the Moon. It furnishes this large field of view without sacrificing high resolution - details as small as a few kilometers across can be seen on the lunar surface.

I always get a big kick out of the peeps who claim we never went to the moon. When I saw this short by Neil deGrasse Tyson (one of my fave scientists, BTW), I couldn’t help but laugh aloud. Oh, damn, we forgot the stars! Okay, who’s responsible for this? You’re fired!

Thought I would share my current facial products with you. These have varied over the years, i.e. I discovered a better product, or a less costly one, that sported the same qualities. However, the one thing that is very important is that you establish a daily routine and stick to it.

Planet Earth moon and sun (Nasa imagery) (Planet Earth moon and sun

A few years ago, I signed up to receive newsletters from Spaceweather.com, a news and information website about the Sun-Earth environment. They have many fascination articles, including information on when and where you can watch the aurora borealis, more commonly known as the northern lights (in my part of the world).