Secondly, Mother watching the moon darken the sun almost didn't happen.
The Sunday before when we were discussing it at the supper table, she said she was afraid, it sounded scary and she didn't want to be by herself.
I must say we all looked at her like she was nuts. We reminded her there had been eclipses here before (although not quite as complete).
"Yes," she replied, "But nobody made such a big deal of it; about it blinding you and such."
I opined it was because we were tougher. If you were stupid enough to look at the sun, you were stupid enough to deserve blindness. I don't know about other reasons, other than we weren't bombarded with media 24/7 liked crazed gophers or something.
She firmly said she would not be a part of it, she'd stay in the house. Would we still have electricity?
Yes.
Would it be safe to watch it on TV?
Yes.
Fine. Okay.
But you know how peer pressure is. You hang with an older crowd, they are bound to talk you into stuff you never dreamt you'd do.
Exhibit A:
Nuff said.
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