A Visit to Pompeii

By GERRY BARKER

Standing in the ruins of Pompeii, you see, off in the distance, rising into the air, Mt. Vesuvius, one of several volcanos near Naples, Italy. It’s a brilliantly sunny day, and small puffs of white clouds dot the sky above its peak.

​You try to imagine that October day in 79 AD, when the residents, some no doubt standing where I stood now, were in an instant killed by volcanic heat and ash spewed by Vesuvius. It’s a moment in time that inspires both awe and reverence.

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