It's good to be a little lucky...

Jun 25, 2003

I forgot to mention this the other night.

I’m generally one of the most unlucky people in the world. Kinda runs in the family. But my fortunes changed the other night at our Fort Worth Astro meeting.

One of the ways our club (and most clubs, I suspect) makes money is to hold a monthly raffle. Usually the prizes aren’t very big, such as a couple of books, a flashlight, and maybe a free year’s membership. I always buy a few tickets, and I always lose…until last Tuesday night! I guess the astronomy gods are smiling on me.

Anyway, I got my choice of prizes. I chose a couple of books: The Planet Observer’s Handbook by Fred W. Price and The Cambridge Eclipse Photography Guide by Jay Pasachoff and Michael Covington. Both books are a bit dated but contain some excellent information and tips.

But regardless of how good the books are, it feels great to be a little lucky at least once in your life…and it brings my library of astronomy related texts up to around 40 books.