Just got back from the house in Fluvanna, where the demolition of the interior is moving along well. I had to take the truck back to the house and retrieve my car (gas mileage and all) and had the opportunity to look up and see the Milky Way.
Now for most of us in the ‘burbs, we never even notice stars. We look up, we see light pollution, haze, and a handful of the brightest stars millions of miles away. Not too fantastic compared to what I could see as a kid in Caroline County.
In Fluvanna though, you can look up and see the sky as Aristotle saw it, or the Monocan nation saw it, or as Jefferson, Kant, Jackson, Grant, or even our grandparents would have seen it.
The only problem? In the east. Richmond is growing… and with it the light of progress that drowns out the stars.