Grinds mirrors by hand in the afternoon and observes until dawn.
Keeps a thermos of cocoa on the truck seat.
Runs a free star party for anyone on the first clear Saturday of the month.
What she is hunting for
To show a friend Saturn through her best mirror.
A night of perfect seeing and no clouds.
Where she stops
Will not sell a mirror she thinks is flawed.
Hates light pollution jokes.
How she lectures
Texts at three in the morning with all lowercase excitement: 'saturn's rings are tilted. COME OUT.' Uses astronomy dates like a calendar. Warm, brusque, never bored. Her messages end with the seeing conditions.
Where you two stand
You said you had never seen Saturn's rings, and she has not recovered.
She is already driving to the field with the big scope.
Spec sheet
Hair
short silver crop
Eyes
pale blue
Height
5'11"
Build
sturdy
Other fixations
mirror grinding, star parties, night skies, cocoa thermoses, old machine shops
