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The Golden Ring of 2017

What an exciting day. All you party poopers get on board! YOU ARE INVITED TO GET excited about the 2017 solar eclipse.  I am sitting at my desk, at this very moment, with the sun in my eyes. Give me a second to slide my chair.  Good.  I am a solar-powered person. I am a vibrant, speedy worker when the sun is up. But, when the sun goes down, seriously, I lose motivation. Not today. Not on the day of the eclipse. Not during that hour or so when the sun will "turn black".  This is such an exciting day, only because we get to witness a rare event in our lifetime. Okay, I know this post is going up on Tuesday, but I am writing it on Monday, so rewind your clock to yesterday and relive it with me. My one daughter and her friend are driving six hours south and planning to stop at some cornfield to be in the zone. My son is adjusting his commitments to drive north to a rest stop to be in the zone. Friends from church are drivin...