Sunday's Parade has an article titled "Reboot for the New Year! Ten fun ideas, smart strategies, and useful nuggets to help you make 2011 your best year yet." Some of the ten are, "Purge and do some good,", "Track down your forefathers," "Double date." Number 6 is "Look to the stars." There's been a worldwide spike of interest in astronomy, thanks in part to the spectacular photos of distant galaxies coming in from the Hubble Space Telescope. People are flocking to observatories in Hawaii, New Mexico, Arizona, and California -- or taking advantage of free stargazing nights at local colleges and planetariums. But really, "you don't have to drive anywhere to stargaze," says Rick Fienberg of the American Astronomical Society. "There is plenty you can see from your front yard with a pair of binoculars: Jupiter's moons, craters on our moon, and star clusters." (To get started, go to space.com/nightsky <http://www.space.com/nightsky>.) For the full article go to: http://www.parade.com/news/2011/01/02-reboot-for-the-new-year.html?index=1 Pretty cool! But too bad they didn't mention visiting your local astronomy clubs. -A