It never fails to move me, and as Grace Wynne-Jones mentioned it in passing today, here it is again, the beautiful video and great words of the truly great Carl Sagan.
May his spirit flourish as a sage in some distant, advanced pocket of the galaxy.

A few minutes ago I met Brigid Farrell on the street here in central Dublin and she told me the sad news of John Moriarty’s death - he died yesterday, if I’m not mistaken. Thanks to the kindness of Marie and Michael Hughes, I met John in their home some weeks ago for [...]