The mirror settled into place gently and the crane was silent for a moment while we torque the restraining plates into place.  I removed the pin from the lifting plate and it moved up and out of sight gently revealing the gold coated JWST Primary Mirror Segment we were loading into the environment shipping container. 
It was the last one.

JWST is a scientific inspiration.  It is the most incredible and complex, optical instrument we can feasibly put into space with the technology we have today.   It will capture the most detailed …

What are you searching for?  Where are you looking?  Who is helping you? Where do you share what you find?
Letters to the Universe, I’d like to introduce you to The World.  Letters, the world is amazing, full of beauty, knowledge and spirit, but also frequently misunderstood.  World, Letters to the Universe is a baby, fresh, honest, bright, curious, and with a new and positive perspective; and yet also perceptive, and wise beyond many lifetimes of experience.  I’m sure you’ll get on just beautifully, and create many amazing things together.
In a …

“Love is the passionate search for a truth other than your own; and once you feel it, honestly and completely, love is forever. Every act of love, every moment of the heart reaching out, is a part of the universal good: it’s part of God, or what we call God, and it can never die.”  -Shantaram
I’m in Love, knock-down-goofy-grin-do-a-silly-dance-in-love with the human race.  The odd, the crazy, the mysterious, the future, the past, the now!  We are adaptable, inspired, full of hope, smiles, imagination, and spirit.  We are art!
“There is …

“Eyes closed, I feel the weight of the bamboo ring resting gently on my hands. The heat of the flames warms my fingers as the bamboo gets lighter and lighter. I send a thought into the universe wishing for a beautiful, long, and meaningful flight.
 
I look across at my friend and see the deepness of the prayers she is sending, sadness, death, love, family, hope, gratitude, freedom. We hang on just a bit longer as the light starts to lift. Another moment passes, another wish sent, another world shared.
 
My …

Tonight, the day after Thanksgiving, I sit in my living room and listen to the world going to sleep thinking over the past couple wonderful days to those things I am most thankful for, and I begin to write.
 
My family. You are amazing. I tell you this whenever I can, but truly, you are the most amazing people, and the fact that I get to call you family makes my heart sing. You taught me all my first lessons, nurtured my first curiosities, and showed me how to quest for …