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A comment on Monday.
Apr. 10th, 2024 04:52 pmThis was the second time I have had the good luck for this amazing event to happen near enough that I could witness it.
I have lived an interesting life. I have seen (and done) a lot of amazing things.
I almost walked right past the Mona Lisa. This was before the various problems over the years, and it was presented like it was just another work.
I spent hours with the paintings of Claude Monet, always my favorite.
I have spent hours staring at A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.
I have seen Niagara Falls (and will again in two weeks) and been on the Maid Of The Mist.
I have taken the Cass Scenic Railway to the top of Bald Knob in West Virginia.
I have stood at the foot of Mont Blanc.
I have climbed the stairs to the top of the Duomo in Florence.
I have seen the David, and walked towards it past the Prisoners & Slaves.
I have seen the moon rise over a very still Adriatic Sea, casting a reflection in the water as far as I could see.
I have walked on the Acropolis.
As an aside, that week I stayed in a hotel in the red light district of Athens.
I have stood on the stage of the Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus.
I took a train through Yugoslavia in 1975, well before it opened to the world. Everything was grey, and the guards were terrifying.
I took a train through valleys of Switzerland.
I have seen a couple dozen cathedrals all over England and Europe.
I went on a boat trip on Loch Ness. Nessie ignored us.
I have been on the Autobahn and saw a car pass us so fast I couldn't make out what it was.
I have taken a train over the 9000+ ft tall mountains just west of Denver.
I have scrambled up the sides of mountains in West Virginia.
I have driven along the Eastern Continental Divide many times.
I lived for a summer in Rae-Edzo on the Great Slave Lake in the NW Territories. It never quite got dark.
None of that compares to seeing a full eclipse in person. It is rare that I am without something to say, but I really have no words to describe the feeling. It's the greatest thing I have ever seen. And that I was able to share both of these moments with the love of my life makes it even more wonderful.
I have lived an interesting life. I have seen (and done) a lot of amazing things.
I almost walked right past the Mona Lisa. This was before the various problems over the years, and it was presented like it was just another work.
I spent hours with the paintings of Claude Monet, always my favorite.
I have spent hours staring at A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.
I have seen Niagara Falls (and will again in two weeks) and been on the Maid Of The Mist.
I have taken the Cass Scenic Railway to the top of Bald Knob in West Virginia.
I have stood at the foot of Mont Blanc.
I have climbed the stairs to the top of the Duomo in Florence.
I have seen the David, and walked towards it past the Prisoners & Slaves.
I have seen the moon rise over a very still Adriatic Sea, casting a reflection in the water as far as I could see.
I have walked on the Acropolis.
As an aside, that week I stayed in a hotel in the red light district of Athens.
I have stood on the stage of the Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus.
I took a train through Yugoslavia in 1975, well before it opened to the world. Everything was grey, and the guards were terrifying.
I took a train through valleys of Switzerland.
I have seen a couple dozen cathedrals all over England and Europe.
I went on a boat trip on Loch Ness. Nessie ignored us.
I have been on the Autobahn and saw a car pass us so fast I couldn't make out what it was.
I have taken a train over the 9000+ ft tall mountains just west of Denver.
I have scrambled up the sides of mountains in West Virginia.
I have driven along the Eastern Continental Divide many times.
I lived for a summer in Rae-Edzo on the Great Slave Lake in the NW Territories. It never quite got dark.
None of that compares to seeing a full eclipse in person. It is rare that I am without something to say, but I really have no words to describe the feeling. It's the greatest thing I have ever seen. And that I was able to share both of these moments with the love of my life makes it even more wonderful.
