Neil Armstrong spoke those words when the lunar module, Eagle, fully touched down on the Moon. The four pads at the ends of Eagle’s legs settled onto the lunar surface on July 20, 1969 at 3:17 and 43 seconds p.m. EST. I watched it all. I was 13 years old and caught up in the excitement. At 9:56 and 15 seconds p.m. EST, Neil Armstrong was standing on the Moon. Buzz Aldrin was out on the Moon at 10:15 and 15 seconds p.m. EST. The total time spent outside the lunar module was a

My goodness! It’s already Friday evening. Most of the week vanished in the blink of an eye. My computer must be a time machine when I work on poetry and stories. I sit down at it usually before 9 a.m. Before I know it, on days I don’t have any other commitments, evening arrives. Hours, minutes, and seconds swirl around and then swoosh right by me. The hour and minute thing is a human construct, but even in the old, old days people abided by sunrise and sunset. The Earth twirl