I am writing this column surrounded by boxes.

My astronomy books are packed, as are many of our belongings. In a few days, I will lose Internet access. We are going through that particularly difficult move: "The Downsize".

Then will come the process of assembling a new version of our home at the new location. With our vast collection of books this will be major. It means there will be an indefinite break in the production of this column. I wrote the first column in November 1992 and have not missed a week. Jacqui, my wife, carefully proof-read and corrected every one. This will be an odd experience for both of us.

Writing weekly articles to share the fascinating things going on in astronomy and particularly in Canadian astronomy was not my idea. This was an initiative by Tom Landecker, an astronomer at the observatory. After some years, they were taken over by Chris Purton. He had to drop them when he was posted to Hawaii as part of the Canadian contingent to the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope, and I took........

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