Noticed at 5:32 pm
I was faced with a lightly fantastic sunset driving back to Alfred today. From 5:32 to 5:37, the sun had slowly crept behind the Western-most hill (and out of my eyes), and left brilliant reds, yellows, and oranges streaked across the sky, broken only by dull blue-gray clouds. With the sun out of the way, the fog of dusk set in on the hills, leaving the already purple-gray hills to dull even further. Groups of singular trees become a shaped glob of vertical lines against the sky. A bright moon is behind me. The sky is meant to be looked at tonight.
Tasting ginger ale. Bubbles. Fake ginger flavor (I think?). Dinner. 2 minutes later, skunk.
Smelling gasoline on my hands from saving 6 cents per gallon in Corning. Then later... skunk.
Hearing my music, me singing, the engine revving when I make it work harder.
Feeling the stitches on my steering wheel, my ass sitting for too long, my feet wanting to move. Emotionally feeling a little dejected, but overall positive.
Arianna, Nice entry-------- I especially liked the line " the fog of dusk set in on the hills"-------I too thought the sky was meant to be looked at tonight. At my place the full moon offered a brightness to the night landscape that produced a crisp shadow cast by my body which moved beneath me as I walked to the barn to feed my horse around 8:30PM. She scolded me for being late. It was a night cold and bright. Thanks, Professor Wayne
ReplyDeleteI love when the moon creates shadows! I had a friend once whose Dad would go night driving, with no headlights, and would just use the light the full moon offered.
ReplyDelete-Arianna