(1) I would love to be star gazing pretty much anywhere with a good view. That sounds like a neat place to do it.

(2) Why?

(i) It is. And the last time I was stargazing in the Coconino National Forest was a late-May, early-June seven years ago. I'm feeling homesick for it, I think.

(ii) It's hard to explain, but lately visiting Facebook has felt the same as eating too much cotton candy. It's sweet and fluffy and kind of nauseating. I think I just miss the substance of blogging, where I'm not inundated with everyone's one-liner status updates, quiz results, article recommendations, political alignments, product promotions, etc. At least when you blog, you shape words into something purposeful. And so even if I'm not fascinated by what others have to say, I can appreciate the time they've put into saying it. And I feel so self-aggrandizing when I'm on Facebook, like I'm shouting "Look at me! Look at me!" in a room where hundreds of other people are shouting the same thing. When I blog, I feel more as if I'm standing at a podium, sharing something for a few moments, and knowing that at the end of my moments someone else will have a turn and I can just listen.