The New York Times obituaries page
ran a long and good-hearted story on my dad yesterday. The author of it called him "cherubic" and "diminutive." These are two words I would never ever have thought to use to describe him! But it does sound better than "chubby and rather short" I suppose... I am sure he is amused, whatever cloud he is on in the Great Out There. The NYT takes an interest because Dad used to supply the Times with accurate sunrise/sunset times every day, but also because through his efforts as an astronomer at New... Sign in to see full entry.