Aurora Borealis, 10/10/24, Mifflin County PA We were way back at the foot of a ridge and the coyotes and farm dogs were howling and we were out in the clearing laughing and gasping and pointing at the sky. #auroraborealis#northernlights
We report: today, it rained five times, and the sun came out six times. Then, there was the time when the sun was out, but it was also raining. And when it was cloudy, but it was not raining. There was also a time when only a few raindrops fell. We are trying hard to keep track.
We report about the way autumn has been slipping in, the increasingly long shadows and the brisk nights, and all the small details we forget year to year. Everything is damp, there is gold in the sunshine, and time seems to move faster, days stumbling upon their own feet.
We report: it is morning, though it feels like anything but. The clouds are sliding off the sky that is sliding off the landscape that is sliding off time itself. What is ahead of us is revealed at the cost of what is behind us. We wonder how a day can be born out of the fog.
We report as it finally starts to rain: the surface of the pond was once a mirror, but it has dulled out under the drizzle. The white noise starts low, then fills our ears when the rain comes in earnest. We stop walking for a moment to let it drown everything else out.
We report: there was a very short time window during which the sky was more blue than grey today, and we were struck by the serenity of this fuzzy cloud. Now that the sky is overcast again, we like to think this one is still floating in the same spot, unbothered.
We report: we are starting to get into these autumn storms now. They are more wind than anything else, making us feel like we are speeding through several days of weather at a time. Last night, we spend all our dreams holding onto our blankets, for fear of them flying away.
We report: it is a few hours after sunset, and right after the moon, too, has disappeared. The sky is a velvety black, the thinnest fog creating a shimmer among the stars. With an exclamation, our expert suddenly remembers that tonight is the peak of the Draconids meteor shower.
We report about this wall cloud that has been sitting low in the sky for a little while now. Everything seems to be moving around it, but it remains steady. It is dark in the early evening, and the rain is quickly coming our way. A deep rumble sounds from the belly of the beast.
