I was on a plane one time and was sitting next to a man who had been selected to go on a space mission as an astronaut to conduct experiments in outer space. In outer space pure crystals can be grown because of zero gravity and that is what his experiment was designed to do. He was naturally excited and was talking it up like a jaybird. He was a fascinating conversationalist, and I was totally engrossed from the time we took off and until we landed . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/2024/07/birds-eye-view/