Peace Like A River


It was a wide river, mistakable for a lake or even an ocean unless you'd been wading and knew its current. Somehow I'd crossed it... Now I saw the stream regrouped below, flowing on through what might've been vineyards, pastures, orhards... It flowed between and alongside the rivers of people; from here it was no more than a silver wire winding toward the city. - Leif Enger, Peace Like A River

Wednesday, September 14, 2005

Conversation this morning

We had a few minutes this morning before it was time to head Hanna to Sue's house, and John to kindergarten, so I let them watch Baby Galileo to relax them a bit.

This one from the Baby Einstein series is about astronomy, the sun moon planets stars galaxies, etc...

At one point John asks:

John: Do people live on Neptune?
Me: No, people only live on Earth. Neptune is very far way.
John: Do Grandpa and Grandma live on Neptune?
Me: No, Grandpa and Grandma do live far away, but it isn't as far away as Neptune.
John: Neptune is past Grandpa and Grandma's house?

Heh. It takes us about 9 hours to get to Grandpa and Grandma's house, and John knows it is far away. Since Neptune is also far away, Grandpa and Grandma must live on Neptune! You can't argue with logic like that!

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