Attend Full Moon Picnic Sat 26 Sept, 7-8:30 PM (date corrected)

Ahoy there, The next Full Moon Picnic will be Saturday, Sept 26 starting at 7 PM, with moonrise around 7:35 PM. (Sunset around 7:20 PM) If we’re lucky we should see a memorable view of the rising moon behind the cupola/pagoda atop Theatre du Chatelet. This is the Harvest Moon, the full Moon that occurs closest to the autumn equinox. Some years it occurs in October but two years out of three, the Harvest Moon comes in September. At the peak of harvest, farmers can work late into the night by the light of this Moon. On average the full Moon rises 50 minutes later each night, but for the few nights around the Harvest Moon, the Moon seems to rise at nearly the same time each night: just 25 to 30 minutes later across the U.S., and only 10 to 20 minutes later for much of Canada and Europe. Corn, pumpkins, squash, beans, and wild rice the chief Indian staples are now ready for gathering. WHAT: Everyone brings food and drink to share. WHERE: Pont des Arts. We'll gather around the 3rd bench from the Right Bank. Nearest metros: Pont Neuf and Louvre-Rivoli. WHEN: Saturday Sept 26, 7-8:30 PM WHY: Share one of the most memorable sights in Paris with some of the nicest people around. WHO: You and your friends. HOW to find us: Keep your eyes out for a small telescope on tripod if the sky is clear. Look for a bunch of friendly people speaking English, French or gibberish, drinking and munching around a bench near the middle of the bridge. THEME: Go with the Flow Actually Traverseine is happening this weekend, Sept 19 and 20 https://traverseine.fr/ BIRTHDAYS: Are you a Libra? If so, bring a little cake so we can celebrate your birthday this month, light sparklers and and blow out the world’s largest birthday candle. PUZZLER: When did inflation first start? Is inflation here to stay? Do experts agree on the gravity of the situation? Do they agree on anything? Is the future dark? And does it matter? Is there time to figure this out. Or will AI send us into a black hole that we’ll never escape. PUZZLER ANSWER: I asked AI to examine the choice of words in the Puzzler. It didn’t get the answer either so don’t feel bad. The hint is in these words: Time, Gravity, Dark, Matter, Black Hole, Inflation. The experts cited are not economists. They are physicists. And they can’t agree how the universe works. I wonder whether physicists or economists will be the first to master the fundamentals of their field. One thing for sure, it won’t be the government. Two thirds of physicists say that Time did not necessarily begin with the Big Bang. Only half say that the universe began with a incredibly rapid Big Bang expansion called Cosmic Inflation. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260912220041.htm ciao for niao, Captain Bob