Stars

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Having walked back from watching a movie at Uncle Lewi’s, I get to the front of the house and before going in I take a moment to look at the night sky. There is no moon and the sky is a blaze of stars. This is only a small portion of what’s there, but still there are so many and they are so far away. There are millions of worlds out there, perhaps not worlds as we recognize them but nonetheless.

I am filled with wonder and a sense of the scale of things. We are very small. I think about people living in places where there is no darkness who may never have this experience and am glad to live in the country.

Gordon Bunker