She had started it, then put it aside to work on Crosstalk. Apparently, from what she said at one or two cons, was that she was trying to reconcile the real world of Trump with her need to have reasonable FBI agents, or the like. Perhaps she made huge changes to eliminate that problem, I don't know.
I will tell you that I got to see the 2017 eclipse with Connie, her husband Courtney, and their daughter Cordelia. At COSine in January that year, Connie mentioned they'd be seeing it in Nebraska. I'd been long aware of the eclipse, and originally intended to see it in Oregon, where my younger son was living. But in about September of 2016, I looked at hotels on the Oregon coast, and they were already completely booked. Darn. So when Connie mentioned seeing it in Nebraska, I hesitantly went up to her and said, "I'd love to see it with you. Where will you be staying?" Well, she was completely on board with that. We stayed at different hotels in Kearney, Nebraska, but they collected me on the morning of the eclipse and we drove to Ravenna, found a park, and settled in to see the eclipse.
The atmosphere at the park was wonderful. Everyone there was happy to see the eclipse, and we talked to lots of people. Everyone was sharing stuff. I'd made chocolate chip cookies that I handed out to one and all until they were gone. Others passed out watermelon and apples and grapes. It was fabulous.
I had never seen a total eclipse before, only several partials and the annular eclipse of 2012, which was amazing, but NOTHING like a total eclipse. So now I have plans to go to Texas for the eclipse in 2024, and hope to see the total eclipse of 2045. That last one, which will happen just before my 97th birthday is one all of you younger than me need to see. It will have a path similar to the 2017 eclipse, so for me, if I'm still around I'll head up to Colorado Springs because that city will be in the middle of totality. And the reason you want to see this eclipse is that totality will last 5 or more minutes, depending on where you see it. The one in 2017 was a bit over 2 minutes. Do the math. And see the eclipse.
Trust me, there is NOTHING like totality. I've seen, as said before any number of partial eclipses and even an annular eclipse, but totality is something else entirely. Don't fall for the, Oh well, it will be 97% here, so why get any closer and get yourself to the path of totality.
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