Units of time
April 28, 2012
I could have gone down to the sea again but it’s raining and more importantly we’re celebrating my daughter’s 25th birthday.
At the beginning of a child’s life we measure in months. It then becomes years and soon decades. When we’re able to refer to fractions of centuries, for a parent, it just gets depressing. But nature compensates well because it provides grandchildren and the sequence starts all over again.
Happy Birthday Rosie
Vincent van Walt
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