But the soft and lovely silvers are now falling on my shoulder

[sovay]

It feels like cheating for the air to taste so much like the sharp tin tacks of snow when the sky is so clear that even through the white noise of the streetlights Cassiopeia comes in like pointillism and Polaris as bright as a planet. I saw none of the phi Cassiopeids, but the Geminids peak at the end of the week, with any luck on a night that cloudlessly doesn't make my teeth feel about to explode in my mouth. On that front, may I commend the attention of people in frozen boat fandom to this early twentieth century hand-painted stained glass window depicting Shackleton's Endurance? I spent my afternoon on the phone making sure of our health insurance in the bankrupt year to come: the customer service representative was a very nice science fiction person who agreed that it was time to reset this worldline on account of stupidity and for whom I apparently made a pleasant change from all the screaming and breaking down in tears, even more so than usual this year that never need have happened. I've been sent photographs of some really neat letters. Two cards arrived in the mail. My digital camera is showing further signs of deterioration, but a few evenings ago I caught one of those scratch-fired sunsets it's hard to wreck. I am aware of the collapses in the world, but I don't know what else to love.

Comments

[gullyfoyle]

So many things stubbornly remain beautiful and lovable. It's a conundrum.

[sovay]

So many things stubbornly remain beautiful and lovable. It's a conundrum.

I don't plan to stop loving them. It maddens me that some people never have or will or care to.

[alexxkay]

Those are some excellently Maxfield Parrish colors! Though the top half of the image somehow looks to me like a mirage of a mesa.

[sovay]

Those are some excellently Maxfield Parrish colors! Though the top half of the image somehow looks to me like a mirage of a mesa.

Thank you! Geologically, I am not sure we've had that kind of formation around here. I wouldn't bet against them in the Pioneer Valley.

[cmcmck]

That is stunning!

[sovay]

That is stunning!

Thank you! I had walked up to Tufts campus at the top of the hill. Students had their phones out.

[sabotabby]

I am aware of the collapses in the world, but I don't know what else to love.

Yes.

[sovay]

Yes.

*hugs*

I also gave spatch a dramatic reading of this.

[sabotabby]

This is the most truth.

[troisoiseaux]

It feels like cheating for the air to taste so much like the sharp tin tacks of snow when the sky is so clear that even through the white noise of the streetlights Cassiopeia comes in like pointillism and Polaris as bright as a planet.

This is such a good combination of words.

[sovay]

This is such a good combination of words.

Thank you!

[selkie]

The sunset is gorgeous and the sentiment behind capturing it is why I’ve had that “Drag Path” song on repeat. It seems so unlikely that we were here, this year.

[sovay]

The sunset is gorgeous and the sentiment behind capturing it is why I’ve had that “Drag Path” song on repeat. It seems so unlikely that we were here, this year.

We have a lot of practice digging our heels into the gravel.

*hugs*

[selkie]

*HUGS*
*also sleep and no headache, there's no harm in manifesting*

[minoanmiss]

I so love how you write about the sky.

[sovay]

I so love how you write about the sky.

Thank you!

[regshoe]

That is a lovely sunset. I especially like how the bare tree on the left sets off the colours.

[sovay]

That is a lovely sunset. I especially like how the bare tree on the left sets off the colours.

Thank you! I love winter-branched trees.

[garonne]

How gorgeous!

[sovay]

How gorgeous!

Thank you!

[thisbluespirit]

*hugs*

That is a beautiful photo.

[sovay]

That is a beautiful photo.

Thank you!

*hugs*

[nineweaving]

Glorious!

*hugs*

Nine

[sovay]

Glorious!

Thank you!

*hugs*

[asakiyume]

I love the wrinkles in the sky in your photo (and of course the colors). The Endurance looks almost contented in that painting--maybe it's the warm pastel colors?

I don't know what else to love --this is what we're born to love, how can we not?

[sovay]

I love the wrinkles in the sky in your photo (and of course the colors). The Endurance looks almost contented in that painting--maybe it's the warm pastel colors?

Thank you! I also find that sort of peach sunrise palette much less locked-in than the ship could have looked.

--this is what we're born to love, how can we not?

"The world is all that is the case."

[yarrowkat]

o, beautiful sky! i hope you get to see the Geminids tonight or tomorrow! they are very visible and active tonight on the opposite coast. i went out andcwatched them, shivering in the damp cold, for an hour and wrote a poem.

[sovay]

o, beautiful sky! i hope you get to see the Geminids tonight or tomorrow! they are very visible and active tonight on the opposite coast.

Thank you so much! At the moment it's snowing, which I can't complain about, but the upcoming night is still scheduled to be clear, if 16 °F. We're planning to try.

i went out andcwatched them, shivering in the damp cold, for an hour and wrote a poem.

How wonderful. I am glad they were there for you.