You can peel stalks up to a day before cooking and store them wrapped in damp paper towels in the vegetable bin of the refrigerator. Conventional asparagus wisdom says snapping the spear breaks away the tough, fibrous end. This works well when harvesting in the field, but in the kitchen it's a sorry waste of good food.
Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017. A total solar eclipse will take place on Monday, August 21, 2017. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth.
The next total solar eclipse visible in the United States will be on August 21, 2017, but the path of totality will miss - just barely! - Indiana. The path of totality will pass about 40 miles south of the southern tip of Indiana; Evansville, IN will have a partial eclipse at 99% totality. Fortunately, you won't have to wait TOO long; a total solar eclipse will darken the skies across a swath of central Indiana including Indianapolis on April 8, 2024.