(Perseids 2007)
I tried to see the meteor shower yesterday but nada. I think I am asking too much this year. First of all the area I live in is very very bright. Plus the sky was covered with thick clouds. But around
So in a desperate attempt, around 01:30 or so, I turned all the lights off, I Lied on my back on my “treasure chest”, that’s up against the wall under my window, I put a pillow on the window ledge and rest my head on it. There I stayed for a while staring at the sky. Mhm. Nothing. The sky was too washed out by the city lights and too bright by the moon. Ah well, next year.
I used to watch it every summer since at this time of the year I was always in some island and the country side is always friendly to celestial phenomena. Last time I watched it was in 1993 in the
So this is also the last beautiful memory I have from the Greek islands. The Perseids meteor shower in 1993. It is nice this way, away from people.
And the only time I shared my “rock” with another person and we watched the meteor shower together was again in the
And it is such a coincidence remembering him now, since this name is very significant in the book I am reading (and actually finishing today, I have 10 pages left). And I remember he was the first one who told me that in
- Poor Christians they always have to make up stories -
I wonder what is my friend doing right now. If he is happy. If last night he was somewhere out there watching the sky too.