A hearty greeting to the DA (or now WA) subscribers,
May 15th will be my final day as Managing Director of the Southworth Planetarium. After 25 years at the helm of this subterranean TARDIS, I will be moving -with my family, of course- to Newfoundland, a province fondly referred to by geologists -and less fondly by gardeners- as "The Rock."
The University is now seeking my successor, or, to be a mite less pretentious, my replacement.
Hence, this announcement. If you are interested in becoming the new TARDIS Keeper AND the new Daily Astronomer, or Wandering Astronomer or Something Astronomer, please refer to the link below:
Though it is a time-consuming job, like so many others, you will also find it to be a consuming passion as you interact with thousands upon thousands of wonderful, interesting and engaging patrons every year. You'll be supported by a superb planetarium staff and an omnicompetent support staff. Moreover,you'll have the added benefit of being able to snap on the midnight sky whenever the mood moves you to do so.
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I will continue posting the Wandering Astronomer until my departure. Once Laser Fest Week is over by the end of the week, I will start posting eclipse articles again.
I will most likely pen an effusive goodbye later.
As for now, I thank you all for following me for lo these many years. How surreal to think that a quarter century has elapsed since the Daily Astronomer emerged from the seafoam off the coast of Cythera. Yes, you, too will be obligated to make at least three such asinine statements each week.
Cheers to you all!
Edward
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Edward X. Herrick-Gleason 
Director
Southworth Planetarium
70 Falmouth Street Portland, Maine 04103
(207) 780-4249
"If we're sufficiently sceptical and empirical about anything (whether a star or a baby or a plastic cup), we'll see that it's baffling, mysterious, thrillingly weird and defies all of our categories - requiring a poetical and a mathematical and an emotional and a physical response."
-Charles Foster, author of Being a Human