Earth and Wind

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.

Kahlil Gibran

On a mission to source a tidbit about wind, I came across a term called the roaring forties . “What are the Roaring Forties? ” you may ask, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) website has the answer. “Sailors call the latitudes between 40 and 50 degrees south of the equator the Roaring Forties… During the Age of Sail (circa 15th to 19th centuries), these strong prevailing winds propelled ships across the Pacific, often at breakneck speed.” For those who want stronger winds for sailing, there’s also the Furious Fifties and Screaming Sixties.

About the author

Gibran Khalil Gibran (January 6, 1883 – April 10, 1931), usually referred to in English as Kahlil Gibran, was a Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist; he was also considered a philosopher, although he himself rejected the title. He is best known as the author of The Prophet, which was first published in the United States in 1923 and has since become one of the best-selling books of all time, having been translated into more than 100 languages.