An eclipse sequence as seen from near La Higuera in Elqui Province, Chile, on July 2, 2019. (Charles Pevsner) I used to think I was chasing eclipses because I couldn’t trust my memory of the previous ones. But just as moments in the past can’t be perfectly remembered or recreated, so too nature is ever different. BY LAURENCE PEVSNER Laurence Pevsner is an inaugural Moynihan Public Scholar at the City College of New York. From 2021 to 2023, he was the director of speechwriting for the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. By the time you read this, I will be … Continue reading Total Eclipse Of The Mind