Forty-four times

May 16, 2008 at 9:38 AM

After living through the coldest wettest April on record in 100 years, and a week of damp, wet, foggy weather, it's going to be 84 and sunny here in the outer rim of Seattle.

Enjoy your Friday. I'll be waiting for what I hope to be a beautiful sunset.

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The_little_prince

"I really like sunsets. Let's go look at one now..."
    "But we have to wait..."
"What for?"
    "For the sun to set."
    At first you seemed quite surprised, and then you laughed at yourself. And you said to me, "I think I'm still at home!"
    Indeed. When it's noon in the United States, the sun, as everyone knows, is setting over France. If you could fly to France in one minute, you could watch the sunset. Unfortunately, France is much too far. But on your tiny planet, all you had to do was move your chair a few feet. And you would watch the twilight whenever you wanted to...
"One day I saw the sun set forty-four times!"
And a little later you added, "You know, when you're feeling very sad, sunsets are wonderful..."
    "On the day of forty-four times, were you feeling very sad?"
But the little prince didn't answer.

~ from one of my favorite books, The Little Prince