Tonight when I let the dogs out I looked up and could just not look back down again. It was beautiful. Amazing really. The sky was so clear you could see EVERYTHING. All the stars. The Milky Way arching across the sky. Planes and satellites streaked across the horizon over my head. It’s amazing how much stuff is in the sky at one time. I must have counted at least a dozen flying objects at any one time. It’s astounding that you never hear of any mid-air collisions. I even saw a shooting star. It was so cool. And the temperature was just right; there were no bugs other than the pleasant chirping of crickets in the fields. It was the kind of night where I wished I had a buddy or two and a couple of 40’s so we could drink and talk and watch the sky all night long. So beautiful.

[It should be noted that I just got done watching Close Encounters of the Third Kind for the first time right before I went out. That only made the universe that much more amazing. I don’t think I could have had a better experience other than just looking at those stars. Actually, I think I’m going to go out and look one more time, just to make myself that much happier.]