Temporary darkness
Last night in that. Before dawn things got strange outside. We had been in the light of a full moon and then it faded to red. Now I have been alive long enough to know that this is a regular event. Not a scheduled event but one that you can predict. Hence all the time they spent during the evening weather forecast talking about how it will get dark outside. No rain needed to fall. There were no clouds. Just a bright night that went to dim for longer than I want to calculate. I actually did not bother getting up although someone else in the house had a camera focused on that red orb. I used to care about such things but I have learned that they are of little significance in the day-to-day existence of people in this part of the world. No need to sacrifice a goat or burn funny herbs. And now that the event has come and gone with no other evidence outside I have to assume that maybe it was just a dream. There will be others. Remember I did say that these were events that you could mathematically calculate so we know exactly when the next one will be and it’s duration. And unlike the solar eclipses which tend to move mountains figuratively when the moon goes red we just put a note on the calendar that this is going to happen. As it did. I listened to see if any of our local wildlife had any reaction and there was none. No changing of their habits. Clouds coming go all the time and so if the moon is under a veil it’s just business as usual although I imagine that if we had more owls they might take note. The eclipse also had no effect on the remaining snow that is melting away under its own schedule. Or maybe that is related to the temperature. So many details. And since I no longer watch the sky I have to assume that this passes virtually unnoticed by all around me. You know. They saw some stars and then they didn’t and then they did exactly the same as when the clouds are overhead.
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