Humankind has always used the cycles of the Earth, Moon, Sun and stars to orient our lives. As we confront both the ordinary and extraordinary uncertainties and ambiguities of life, tuning into celestial cycles can inspire profound feelings of connectedness, comfort, and familiarity. Dr. Ann McMahon will use astrophotographs to show how the cycles of the Earth, Moon, Sun and stars form a metaphor for life-incorporating both repetition and newness. lt;brgt;lt;brgt;Dr. Ann McMahon has been an amateur astronomer since she was 10 and an astrophotographer since she was 16. She has taught astronomy to area K-8 teachers as well as to undergraduates at Washington University and St. Louis University. She has worked as an aerospace engineer and is now a PreK-12 science and engineering education consultant. Ann's husband and two grown sons have humored her through decades of family vacations planned to coincide with various astronomical events.