A beautiful piece of writing LS. Since first reading this last year I have used your phrase
'We really do not live to see that many summers - certainly not that many to waste upon tiredness and misunderstanding'
..many times in conversation, always giving due credit of course ;-) ... and as each summer passes it's meaning becomes more poignant.
Pity your not going to Callanish ...... moon skims are many but moments very few.
:-)