moon

I was at the Obama inauguration, the moon landing and whatever this is.

you weren't at the moon landing.

And we made stuff that could harness electricity, we made airplanes, and we made stuff that could go to the Moon.

It is difficulty that catalyses our interest in and respect for gardening or a painting of a lake in autumn, the lifecycles of ducks or an article on the moons of Jupiter.

It’s people who have known far more than they ever wanted about dementia, cancer, employment law, divorce and mental institutions, who are the great appreciators of blossom, empty days, train journeys and the moon above the house on warm evenings.