Whew, that is a beautiful moment in time.

Two come, standing in the rain on a small farm outside of Montelimar in the Drome valley, facing the clouds on a warm summer afternoon and hollering with delight as I traced the rain across the countryside seeing it connect everyone in a common experience. Maybe you woulda had to have been there.

Another moment I have never forgotten was in a storm off the coast of Greece in the middle of the night, full of doubt about changing course in the face of a running sea. I relieved the helmsman and took the moment, and as we swung up the face of one wave, we turned onto our new course before the next one could take us broadside. In the actual event it went off without a hitch, a steep lean and nothing more. Having saved the entire ship and crew from an imagined nightmare (but one with real possibilities) was a really delightful moment.