From: "Pam Clemmer" <sclemmer [at] qadas.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 07:21:44 -0700
Subject:  Toto We're Not in Kansas Anymore

It wasn't a dark and stormy night.  I was 14, and living in a small house
in Shawnee Mission, Kansas.  That's eastern Kansas.  I got up in the middle
of the night to make my scheduled trip to the bathroom and as I glanced out
the bathroom window, streaks of light from the moonless dark sky caught my
eye.  I moved to the south facing bathroom window,  and what I saw as I
approached that window is indelibly etched in my memory, even though it has
been some 30 odd years.  Odd indeed.

I'm sure my mouth gaped open in wonder as I watched the navy sky rain
stars.  It truly was a constant shower of stars.  At first, I was
frightened.  I didn't understand what was happening.  Then, the beauty of
it took over.  I must have stood there 30 minutes or more waiting for the
rain to stop.  It never did.  I finally went back to bed feeling as if I
had witnessed something that no other person on the planet had seen.....or
would ever see again.

I live in Colorado now...and won't be able to see the shower this time.  I
saw it once though a long time ago....and I won't ever forget.  It was
SPECTACULAR!