Circles In The News

Earlier today there was a solar eclipse. April 8, 2024. Solar Eclipse 2024.

Yes indeed, some folks called it the Great North American Eclipse. It was cool. Literally, the temperature dropped a bit as the sun was 95% blocked from view by the moon for a few minutes, here in NH.

I was fortunate enough to capture a few photos of the event from our yard in Southern New Hampshire.

: First picture taken with my son’s eclipse glasses over my phone’s lens. © 1inawesomewonder 2024.

: Just a picture of the sun with the glare factor showing the progress of the eclipse. © 1inawesomewonder 2024.

: Early progress. Still early in the Dark Side Of The Moon album. © 1inawesomewonder 2024.

: Now we’re getting somewhere. © 1inawesomewonder 2024.

: Early colander. Not 1363 colander, but early eclipse through a colander picture. © 1inawesomewonder 2024.

: This is about as close to totality as we got from my outcropping. Solar eclipse 2024. © 1inawesomewonder 2024.

: After totality, there is the return to the sun on it’s own. © 1inawesomewonder 2024.

: Picture of a solar projection screen showing the progress of the eclipse through the user end of a telescope. © 1inawesomewonder 2024.

But here, on my limited outcropping of exposure to the outside world, I came across other circles in the news. Namely the one in the picture below. I saw this diagram shared by the Anchorage Police Department and I thought that this was a much bigger issue. Since this affects many people on a daily basis.

This diagram was shared by the Anchorage Police Department.

Just remember, some people think that it’s always their turn. While others don’t realize exactly when their turn comes around. In other words, there is a large, ‘me first, me first, me, me, me’ crowd. Then there is another crowd of, ‘I don’t always yield, but when I do, I have to be told that I have now yielded into confusion and indecision’ people.

The confused, undecided group then affects a third group of people, the ‘just do it right, the rules are simple, keep things moving, and everything will be just fine’ folks. These folks are then provoked to the point of temporarily joining the ‘me, me, me’ crowd. Kind of like pleading insanity during a criminal case.

Somewhere between the groups there is the world ‘yield’. I love these definitions because they sound so dramatic.

In reality though, most yields are short lived, and not that tough to deal with unless of course you are behind the confused and undecided.

2) to give up possession of on claim or demand: such as

to surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another : hand over possession of
to give (oneself) up to an inclination, temptation, or habit
to relinquish one’s possession of (something, such as a position of advantage or point of superiority)
to surrender or submit (oneself) to another
to give up (one’s breath, life, or spirit) and so die

I just call it, wait your turn, but immediately ready to take your turn, and then do it. I don’t think that we will ever reach totality on this one. See you at the circle.