Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for December 05, 2016

What are those little lights?

Starkle starkle little twink,

What the heck you are I think.

Up above the world so still,

You look like a yellow pill.

Burma shave.

“Starkle”? I never heard that word before!

The only way that happens is when all lights in the city go out.

Arlo obviously doesn’t live in Ohio. Even if the entire state had a power failure, we still wouldn’t be able to see the stars. Basically, we have cloud cover from early November to mid-March.

Haven’t really seen the Milky Way since the early ’80s. Even then, only when a mass of clean arctic air makes its way this far south.

Not 4 o’clock and it is dark! we would say here. And in the old land the 4 would be replaced by a 3. And so I think your fellow countrymen (and -women) in Alaska would say too.

Snow. It’s SNOW, dammit!

Leave out the last “with” and you pretty well nailed it.

My first thought was that the lights in the neighbor’s second story bedroom window just came on. But, hey, that’s just me.

I need a clear day. These gray skies are just as bad as snow.

Light pollution doesn’t help either.

That’s what you get from living in cities.

Flash, Here’s another version I remember from 35+ years ago. Starkle starkle little twink,Who the heck are you I think.I’m not under the alfuence of inkohol,But some thinkle peep I am.

My favorite Burma Shave series was

Beneath this stone lies Tom O’Shay

He died defending his right of way

His right was clear

His will was strong

But he’s just as dead as if he’d been wrong.

Burma Shave

They obviously live in an area with very little light pollution.

6 o’clock! It’s pitch dark where I live by 4:15 pm.

Don’t whine Arlo at least you can still sit outside…

Tyge

We finally had some clear weather this year, so I went out in the dark of the morning to seen the Persiads. The Milky Way was so bright, I had trouble seeing constellations in it.

About as high as Arlo’s head what is that strip of olive green gong across the entire panel supposed to represent?

Lightning bugs were common when I was growing up in the Chicago suburbs. We moved to western Colorado when I was 14 and I don’t recall seeing them since …and that includes all the places I’ve been during and after my military service. Now that I think on it, it is a shame. Proof that Zeus does have a sense of humor.

Twinkle twinkle little star…..how I wonder what you are…..I wish I may..I wish I might…..aw shucks…a satellite….

Starkle starkle little twinkHow the tell i are you hinkI’m not under the alfulence of inkleholI’m not as phumk as some thinkle peepI amBut the dunker I stand here the longer I getSo starkle parlke little twink.

YES!!

6:30!!!! Where is it staying light til that ungodly hour? It’s dark around here by 4:30 or 5:00…I hate standard time!

Starkle, starkle, little twink,Who the hell are you I think.I’m not under what you callThe alcofluence of incohol.I’m just a little slort of sheep,I’m not drunk like thinkle peep.I don’t know who is me yet,But the drunker I stand here the longer I get.So just give me one more fink to drill my cup,’Cause I got all day sober to Sunday up.