[2Trievers]

Wonderfully mtsterious, like life. &;-)

The Rivers of Our Life

The rivers of our life have many streams
         before they reach the ocean's reams
                   of waves that affect our life –
         some good, some sad, but not all strife –

With thoughts of the past we can
          at last reflect on the loves and
                   joys that cloud our minds
         to weave the patterns weak and
                   strong in kind, and we are blessed
         that they are memories of
                   where we were and where we are
         as they quilt the rivers of our life.
                             Ida Crossan – 1/30/96

[sleavelessinseattle]

GORGEOUS!!! And much smaller than most structures...its amazing to see the white dwarf at the center...Many pictures we see are of entire galaxies...impossible to see the core and many billions of stars sprinkled through the dust cloud...To see the cause of those hoops so clearly...you get a feel for the violence of the reaction...and those hoops are probably where the heavy fusion products of the star's death now reside...to float into other dust clouds as the ingredients of life...Carbon, Oxygen, Sodium...the Periodic Table Banquet is serving Brunch for potential life forms that God already knows the specs for, but the circumstances aren't right, yet...someday, though!!! MARTIANS!!!! BWahaHA!!