You Can See it in the Stars

Living in a rural area means that we have an incredibly beautiful star-filled, nighttime sky. Last weekend, after an enjoyable dinner with friends, we went outside to look at the sky and made a lame attempt to name the constellations and planets. I thought about funny things people have said about stargazing:

• Science teachers at one high school have an annual star party. One of the kids peered through the scope and adjusted the focus knob. Then he asked where the brightness control was because Mars wasn't bright enough.
• An astronomy club hosted a party to watch a lunar eclipse. One of the adults said, "This is a great event, but couldn't you have scheduled it earlier in the evening for kids who have to go to school tomorrow?"
• I’m a Pisces, what is your astronomical sign?
• Good thing that I don’t believe in astronomy.
• There is practically no chance communications space satellites will be used to provide better telephone, telegraph, television, or radio service inside the United States. T. Craven, FCC commissioner, in 1961

 

None of our comments about the starry sky were quite this ridiculous. Today’s gift was to buy our friends an astronomy book so they will be able to look up and see what is written in the stars.

In Giving,

Robi