It's like a story book about... clouds.The author is the founder of the Cloud Appreciation Society.
Haven't heard of them, eh? Well, check it out at
www.CloudAppreciationSociety.org
- before you get left in the dust. Or, fog.
I've read about a third already, and skimmed most of the rest. It's a lot of fun. The author gives the expected factual information about cloud types, cloud formation, cloud history, cloud names, cloud relationships, cloud shapes, ... you get the idea. But, along with all the interesting facts, he intersperses whimsical cloud culture, poetry and anecdotes. The Air Force pilot who flamed out and ejected over the middle of a thunderstorm - and survived. Or the Aborigine lady who performed the Glory Cloud Dance so some fanatic glider pilots could enjoy soaring along this most rare type of cloud. It's fun to read.
WE BELIEVE that clouds are unjustly maligned
and that life would be immeasurably poorer without them.
We think that they are Nature’s poetry,
and the most egalitarian of her displays, since
everyone can have a fantastic view of them.
We pledge to fight ‘blue-sky thinking’ wherever we find it.
Life would be dull if we had to look up at
cloudless monotony day after day.
We seek to remind people that clouds are expressions of the
atmosphere’s moods, and can be read like those of
a person’s countenance.
Clouds are so commonplace that their beauty is often overlooked.
They are for dreamers and their contemplation benefits the soul.
Indeed, all who consider the shapes they see in them will save
on psychoanalysis bills.
And so we say to all who’ll listen:
Look up, marvel at the ephemeral beauty, and live life with your head in the clouds!
Exactly what I needed!! Thanks, Jessica & Mark!
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