Your memory isn't like a video camera. Instead, your memory plucks fragments of the present and inserts them into the past to create a story to fit your current world.
Eleanor Imster has helped write and edit EarthSky since 1995. She was an integral part of the award-winning EarthSky radio series almost since it began until it ended in 2013. She and her husband live in Tennessee, where they enjoy guitar playing and singing. They have 2 grown sons.