Still, I note quite a few things that are exactly a century past in the context of this blog, some in the context of things that have changed and some in the context of things that have stayed the same. In that context, I was surprised by this partial solar eclipse that occurred on date in 1917.
I was mostly surprised, fwiw, as we're having a total eclipse on August 21 here, and this town is in the dead center of its path.
That's neat enough, I guess, but we've been hearing for months that thousands of people are expected to be here for it. Some people I know are expecting guests. A lawyer I spoke to last week, who lives in Denver, told me that he had rented a pontoon boat and plans to be on Glendo for the event.
I don't get it.
I either have too little imagination, or perhaps too much, but it gets dark every night. I don't see why people would travel thousands of miles to experience something for a couple of minutes that the experience for hours every night.
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