Wed. 09/22 - The Wonders of Fall, and the Cosmos

<p><strong><em>Sharing some reflections, some poetry, and a bit of a historical context on what it is that makes fall strike such a strong chord with so many of us, in honor of this first day of fall. And a look at NASA’s upcoming Lucy mission to Jupiter’s asteroids that somehow includes facts about the Beatles, Mexican track and field athlete Norma Enriqueta Basilio Sotelo, and </em>The Iliad.</strong></p><p>Sponsors:</p><ul><li>Novo, <a href="https://www.banknovo.com/p/kottke?utm_source=kottke-ride-home&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_campaign=oxford" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BankNovo.com/kottke</a></li><li>Raycon, Get 15% off at <a href="http://buyraycon.com/kottke" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">buyraycon.com/kottke</a></li></ul><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.brainpickings.org/2021/09/20/j-drew-lanham-home-place-autumn" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Between Restlessness and Rapture: Autumn and the Sensual Urgency of Aliveness</a> (Brain Pickings)</li><li><a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43318/a-sunset-of-the-city" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A Sunset of the City</a> (Gwendolyn Brooks, Poetry Foundation)</li><li><a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45099/sonnet-73-that-time-of-year-thou-mayst-in-me-behold" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sonnet 73: That time of year thou mayst in me…</a> (William Shakespeare, Poetry Foundation)</li><li><a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44484/to-autumn" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">To Autumn by John Keats</a> (John Keats, Poetry Foundation)</li><li><a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/69595/john-keats-to-autumn" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">John Keats: “To Autumn” by Caitlin Kimball</a> (Poetry Foundation)</li><li><a href="https://bookshop.org/books/halloween-from-pagan-ritual-to-party-night/9780195168969" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Halloween: From Pagan Ritual to Party Night</a> by Nicholas Rogers</li>