August shower

It's about time for the Perseid meteor shower, an annual opportunity for people in the northern hemisphere to watch "shooting stars" streak across the night sky without the aid of telescopes. Living in NYC makes it difficult, of course, because of light pollution. So what's a New York resident to do? Well, according to people who seem to know what they are talking about, I'd have to leave the city and travel way out in the boonies to get maximum enjoyment out of this year's light show. And when I say boonies, I mean the Catskills or Adirondacks. Oh well, maybe next year.