[meteorite-list] What is so nice about meteorites

From: GREG LINDH <geeg48_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:06:09 -0700
Message-ID: <BLU125-DAV108F4F42F33AC91C68E605C9D50_at_phx.gbl>

    Hi Walter,

  What a nice post. Somehow I needed that tonight. I think I'll go get
that cup of hot chocolate, grab 1 or 2 of my favorite rocks, find a good
book and settle in....

  Greg Lindh




----- Original Message -----
From: "Walter Branch" <waltbranch at bellsouth.net>
To: "Meteorite Mailing List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 6:41 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] What is so nice about meteorites


> Hello Everyone,
>
> You know what is so nice about meteorites?
>
> It's sort of ironic.
>
> I have enjoyed amateur astronomy for over 35 years and I have always felt
> humbled when I think of the distance light has traveled uninterrupted to
> reach my eyes.
>
> But some nights it is too cloudy to observe the stars.
>
> And some nights (like tonight) it is just too cold to observe the stars.
>
> And some nights my back won't let me lift that 65 lb scope out the door to
> observe the stars.
>
> But on these nights, I can start a fire in the fireplace, make a nice cup
> of hot chocolate, pull out some of my favorite specimens and a book or
> two,
> turn the lights down low and settle down with just peace and quite amidst
> the flicker of the fire...
>
> ...and I can still observe the stars.
>
> Goodnight everyone.
>
> Pleasant dreams.
>
> -Walter Branch
>
> My thoughts tonight are for a certain list member, a friend, who has
> suffered a terrible loss recently. Count your own stars while you can.
> Even stars don't last forever.
>
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Received on Fri 16 Jan 2009 10:06:09 PM PST