Tonight we were mostly

talking about gravity, astronomy, Galileo and the effect that telling the medieval church that they were not the sole source of all understanding and insight might have (you either learned to shut up quickly or permanently).

We talked about rubber sheet theory, elliptical orbits, how Mars seems to be travelling backward sometimes and why children weren't taught astronomy at school instead of some of the really useful things they DO study, like English Lit.

Chris asked God to create a list in heaven for her, of all the questions she'd like answers to, because she knows that she can't take anything with her when she dies. It seems her husband's answers aren't convincing enough (grinning as I type that!).