![]() ![]() So was this story inspired by a total solar eclipse? It's nothing like a total lunar eclipse and any partial solar eclipse you've ever seen was at least 10,000 times brighter and blander. And if you want to see one in person, you'll have to travel to see it or wait an average of 300 years for one to come to you. No it's not like the photographs or the movies. In a quiet voice in the still classroom while ![]() Think the sun is a flower,That blooms for just Small stories or essays or poems about it: The roof, the walk, the gardens, the forests, Shaking down of clear bead necklaces upon The face, in the body, in the arms and legsĪnd trembling hands. Remembered a warmness, like a blushing in ![]() Yellow crayon or a coin large enough to buy Few people on the planet have seen it and those fortunate few have a frustrating exulansis trying to convey the experience to others: ![]() A rare and brief but beautiful event involving shadows (of clouds/moon) and the sun. From "All Summer in a Day" by Ray BradburyĪnyone who has witnessed a total solar eclipse would recognize some similarities. The children pressed to each other like so many roses, so many weeds, intermixed, peering out for a look at the hidden sun.' "Do the scientists really know? Will it happen today, will it?" ![]()
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