Welcome to light cone, α Fornacis! A triple star system, α For is 46 ly away.

Α Fornacis A, the primary, is better known as Dalim—from the Arabic for “ostrich”, ظَلِيم (al-ẓalīm), which came to English via Italian.

I’ve spent my birthday this year isolating due to Covid. Ugh.

Eryn’s done a wonderful job taking care of me while sticking to a strict isolation protocol. She’s left meals for me on a tray outside my door, including a delightful, tasty soup she made for supper, and a chocolate cupcake for dessert.

A food tray has a bowl of orange soup, several slices of bread, a soda can, and an envelope on it. The envelope contains a birthday card.

A bunch of nice birthday texts and DMs from people have come in. Erin sent a bouquet of strawberries. She’s watching EJ while I’m unable to; we FaceTimed this morning so I could actually see my daughter today and thank her for lending me her bedroom for isolating.

Sure, it’s been crummy to be stuck in here by myself all day and night, but despite that I’ve felt thought of & have been cared for. Could be worse. ☺️