Someone randomly asked me if I Sun Gaze.
Sun Gazing!
Is that a thing? I’m sure it is. I haven’t bothered to do the research.
My reply. No. You can’t even really look at the sun.
I’m guessing for those Sun Gazers out there, there is an art and a science behind it like there is for every thing in life. There must be special sunglasses you wear that allows you to gaze up at all that brilliance that is the sun.
Don’t get me wrong. I love being out in the sun and do it often. I have always loved being in the sun. It makes me happy. If you know me at all, I am all about nature (and being natural – of course, yet another story for another day). I love everything about being out doors.
In case you don’t know it, spending time in the sun is one of the best ways to get some vitamin C into your body. Science supports this being a fact. My body has always known there is benefit to being out in the sun. Science ain’t gotta tell me nothing! Being in the sun also helps to synthesize the vitamin D in your body. Synthesize is just a fancy word for saying helping vitamin D do what it do! Sitting in the sun is a mood enhancer. No drinks or drugs required. Just pure, natural sun!
I can see why someone would want to be a Star Gazer! It’s healthy for you and the benefits to you far outweighs any potential harmful effects.
Keeping it real, I did do my own version of Star Gazing a few years ago during the full total lunar eclipse on August 12, 2017 .
My oldest grand son and I took a road trip down to South Carolina so we could find a vantage point from which to experience the eclipse.
My grandson and I have been road dogs for most of his life. We have shared many and varying good times together. We’ve taken beach trips together. We play basketball. I claim most victories, to be truthful. We’ve gone to many movies together. We’ve explored restaurants. He loves eating real food. He shares his music with me. He tells me lots of stories. Alas, he’s growing up now. He’s a teenager in his third year of High School. He’s got other things on his mind and our time together is evolving, as do all things, and people.
Looks like it is time to develop my road dogness with my next oldest grandson, The only criteria for being a road dog grandson is that they have to be somewhat self sufficient so they can hold it together when I am sleeping in before our day begins. I am not discriminating against granddaughters. I only have grandsons.
Back to Sun Gazing.
We got an early start and drove down into South Carolina. We chose an exit at random along the projected path of the eclipse. We ended up in the parking lot of a stadium where a baseball game was being held. I forgot the name of the stadium.
In a sense, we were also having a tailgating event. We pulled our chairs out of the trunk and marked our territory. I had packed some food, snacks and water. Of course, food from home is sometimes not always as enticing as the prospect of eating somewhere, so we did, at a certain point, find a restaurant to eat at.
It was a very bright sunny day as it should have been for an eclipse. We had a shaded spot under some trees. We were early and decided to do some exploring. We took off walking. After a while that old familiar “I’m hungry Savah (Hebrew for Grandma)” showed up, so we stopped at a restaurant and had lunch. After lunch, we made our way back to the stadium where we had parked.
The eclipse, itself, was nothing short of amazing. We watched the moon make it’s way across the sun, totally eclipsing it. It was surreal experiencing the day turn into night! The crickets, or cicadas, whichever, got active and started chirping as the “sun went down”, as the daylight started fading. In the middle of the day! The pitch and volume of their sound rose to an interesting crescendo during the fullness of the eclipse. They went crazy as the sun came back up just moments later. It’s as if they were like “What the F^&K????” “Something ain’t right about this.” Talk about a pattern interrupt! Nature reacting to nature. Only a God who created the heavens and the earth could orchestrate such a natural phenomenon for our enjoyment, amusement, and reflection.
Many people were not aware of the eclipse taking place that day. I don’t know which rocks they lived under. Since we were in a stadium parking lot, our being there hanging out with our food and music wasn’t a big thing. It was expected. When the eclipse began, the people in the stadium got quiet until there was no sound at all. Complete hush. When it got dark they started shouting. I bet you know there’s an eclipse now!!!! The stadium lights came on, because it was dark. Of course, the game came to a stop. When the moon went on about her way, sassy thing she was being, shaking all the shit upside down, the game resumed.
I could say things went back to normal. But not really. You can’t experience the daytime turning into nighttime in the middle of the day without your way of being changing imperceptibly, and profoundly. This was one of those once in a lifetime experiences. It is not something man can re-create or even cause to happen. God showing off in a grand way. It was spiritual, touching, like I said earlier, reflective, and a good-assed time!
It was educational as well for my grandson as he actually did some research ahead of time. He told me “I saw the diamond ring”. I would tell you what he was talking about, but I won’t spoil the fun. You can now go do the research yourself to find out what it was we saw during this eclipse.
This was the best of all the worlds for my grandson and myself. We shared a once-in-a-lifetime-experience together which touched and lifted up our spirits, emotions, our hearts, our psyche, our bodies and everything that we are, and, we had a good old time on our road dog trip being Sun Gazers!
Sun Gazing all the way!
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