I saw the sun for about two minutes today. I was at work, looking out my window at the same gray sky I’d seen all day long, when someone stopped by to say there was color in the western sky. I’m desperate for sunlight and color these days, so off I went to an empty office on the west side of the building.
Sure enough, just above the horizon but partially hidden behind a tall building, was a bit of sunset. Not much, but we’ll take what we can get. I took this photo through the dirty office window, which might actually have enhanced the color. I haven’t retouched it; that doesn’t seem honest. I’m thinking about posting a picture a day until the sun comes back out for real. I’ll have to think that through, since today’s picture isn’t at all indicative of what most of the day looked like. It’s the high point.
Journal of gratitude
So I’m grateful today to have had at least a couple of minutes of sunset with color and light in the sky. I’m also thankful to have a husband cooking dinner for me at the end of my 11-hour workday, and for the two old dogs’ continued health, which like the sun is a day-by-day proposition.
Yesterday’s high point was writing. Not only did I publish two blog posts; I also wrote two poems. They are admittedly short poems, but poems nonetheless and ones that I’m pleased with.
My Oscars moment
And then there were the Oscars. I didn’t care much about the nominated films, although I did really enjoy Jojo Rabbit—one of the few I had seen. But I pretty much melted from the cuteness of Jojo’s two featured child actors on the red carpet. I looked for a video of Roman Griffin Davis, the child star of the film, running to greet someone in the crowd with a huge grin on his face. I couldn’t find that, so I’ll settle for this photo montage of him with Archie Yates:
I think we can all agree that roman griffin davis and archie yates pic.twitter.com/iSYvbOVDMa
— n.g. (@ndotgdot) February 10, 2020
After that I just don’t have the heart to criticize anyone’s outfit. I’m going back to YouTube to watch more videos of these two stealing hearts in their interviews.