Sunrise, Sunset.....Sunrise, Sunplosion

I just came back from lying on the grass around the lake and looking up at the sky. Sounds so tree-huggy, but it has been a long time since I had a chance to just connect with nature and forget about everything. The night sky is so clear tonight and it is just chilly enough to be enjoyable. Of course, the entire day's weather seems to make sense now in light of the huge ass solar flare that hit us. In any case, seeing the stars reminded me of a night during my escape during the Gulf War when we spent the night inthe desert. I vividly recall looking up at the sky and seeing thousands upon thousands of pinpoints of light; some flickering, some steady. It seemed to fulfill every childhood fantasy and dream I had about the night sky. I was obsessed with astronomy (at one point, I wanted to be an astronomer....jack-of-all-trades indeed) and stars. Tonight was great. I let everything go and just enoyed what was right before me. So simple and so complex. And now, I am back in my socially created world trapped in the four walls of this crazy little thing called life (to borrow and modify a phrase). Eh....