It’s funny who you get to know on an eclipse trip. I’ve met corporate executives, small-business owners, professional photographers, and lots of others. On our recent trip to Siberia to view the August 1 total solar eclipse, we met Ed Piwowarski, a guy who paints movie sets.
My wife and I are both big movie fans, so we asked him what movies he had worked on. He mentioned several box-office hits, some independent films, and others not so well known. Over the course of the nearly 2-week trip,...