Mars

Things improved considerably after that ast post. Anselm had science and acting lessons, Basil got in a short nap, and we three went to the park for a picnic (rice cakes, apples, and bananas). We stayed at the park until after sunset, then went to pick Athanasia up at her office. (She stops working at 4:30 and then doeshomework until 7: or 7:30) We had te boys in bed by 8. Read the second chapter of The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis aloud. Then all three fell asleep. I stayed up reading for school. I woke Anselm at midnight and we went out to see the moon rise. Mars was to the right of the moon and very bright. Anselm brught his binoculars. They really did improve the view. It never occured to me that just as the moon has phases, so do the planets. I had expected to see a small red disk through the binoculars. Instead, we saw a brilliant red/orange 1/4 phase planet. it was beautiful. Anselm was vrey happy.