#open nights

[mariasmemo]

Maria Mitchell In Her Own Words

1881 Sept. 11.  If I am measurably well next summer, go to a watery place, hire a man (or a woman) and put up my own telescope and have the man to give shows.

You will likely wonder why not Nantucket as her “watery place?”  Nantucket had changed drastically and Maria knew few people on the island anymore.  With the end of whaling and then the Panic of 1857, Nantucket had less than 2,000 people – from a number of about 10,000 during the high point of whaling.  It was a different place.

But what I like is that she wanted to give Open Nights (shows) – as we do at the Loines Observatory – and have since the early 1900s.  If you have not been to an Open Night, it’s a must!  Find out more here.

JNLF

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Makena smiled as Ahk introduced her, finding great joy in the fact that he called her his fiancée. "I am Makena," as she went to continue, her eyes glowed gold "wife to Ahkmenrah and Kahmunrah, Queen of the Nile." She stated, her eyes returning to their green before she looked around, confused as to where she was.

Larry slowly nodded, still doesn’t really understanding what was going on and how could Ahk having a wife in this time period. Well, he didn’t know too much things about his past so maybe it’s another good chance to know his friend better.

“Ah... I see then, Makena. I’m Larry. The nightguard here.” He answered, but before he could say anything else, Ahk interrupted him, pulling Makena closer.

“Hey, are you okay?”

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"Alright, to Larry." Makena smiled, looking down at their hands and back up as they walked. While they were walking, she remembered all the times he's lead her through the palace in Egypt, all the times he was excited to show her something new with his bright smile that had seemed to disappear from his face now.

Since it was a quiet night with less visitors, Ahk had an idea where can Larry be. He liked to be on the balcony where he could see most of the exhibits and keep an eye on them, so Ahk headed to the first floor. Actually he got even more nervous as he thought over what could happen now. If they wanted to leave the museum now or then, Larry and Makena should get along quite well.

Well, Ahk was still a king and if he really wanted to go outside, he would’ve gone, but what he didn’t want was causing trouble to his friend. Then when they went up the stairs they found Larry just like Ahk thought.

“Here he is...”

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"You have no need to worry, he has always been shy but hopefully if I regain my memories, I can help him be more himself." Makena replied with a smile, the hand Ahk held giving his a squeeze. Nodding back to sacagawea.

“That’s good, that’s good!” Teddy smiled widely. “Maybe he will listen to you. We keep telling him to relax but he’s still so rigid.”

Ahk sighed and looked away, muttering in his own language. “At least not in my presence!” But holding Makena’s hand helped him a bit to calm down. As he was thinking about it, this whole situation felt like introducing a girlfirend to the parents - at least based on what he saw in those shows he watched with Nicky. I should’ve choose someone else first...

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Growing less nervous as they got closer, Makena remembered the first night she came here and how the president had greeted her so kindly. With a smile, she shook her head as Ahk introduced her "I am Alex but it seems I am also a reincarnation of Ahkmens fiancee Makena." She explained, holding her spare hand out to the president, "it's nice to finally meet you, you greeted me about a week ago when I first came in."

The president stood up politely to greet the stranger woman correctly. With a wide smile, Teddy shook firmly Makena’s hand as he spoke. “Good evening, Miss! Oh, so you’re a friend of our pharaoh?” He laughed and in the meanwhile Sacagawea stood up as well and nodded towards Makena. “I was almost worried about the boy!” Theodore continued, Ahk frowning a bit at his comment. But in the other hand he could argure with Teddy; in the first years it was surely hard for him to relax and be himself around the others.

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Continued from here.

“Really?” He asked with surprise, however he wasn’t sure if he should go deeper. This new guest seemed rather down anyway.

“We’re quite famous of our open nights though. You can choose from any exhibition and the actors like me will answer your questions. For my part, about ancient Egypt.”

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Continued from here.

Ahk smiled weakly at the young lady. She was quite right; considering that Ahk slept only like once in a week, he surely felt tired. “Don’t worry milady, it’s my job to be here and welcome my guest anyway...”

“So, what can I help you?”