Hello friends,
I remember how time crept along when I was a child. The days and months before birthdays, Christmas, and the end of the school year seemed interminable. Twenty, thirty, fifty years into the future floated around in my mind unimaginable.
Every year, every day, speeds by, and I want to shout, “STOP!” Which, of course, doesn’t do much good.
We easily allow the days, months, years, and decades to pass without stopping to enjoy the small moments, bird songs, and rustling wind. Familiar surroundings become comfortable, easy to take for granted, and seem mundane.
Clouds, like life, take many shapes and colors. Painting the sky with majesty, wonder, and often, rabbits, elephants, bears, and cakes. I consider cloud gazing a noble and worthwhile endeavor.
Thin wisps or fat billowing mounds of white grace the sky. The dark, menacing storm clouds bring needed rain but sometimes wreak havoc. Our lives follow the same ebb and flow between peaceful, exciting, tragic, and resilient.
My favorite cloud sky? Sunsets—oh, those grab the heart and make me pause in gratitude.
We have the good fortune to live in an area where we can see the open sky. Storms and sunsets never fail to entertain our simple lives.
Every moment, no, every few seconds, the scene changes. The most stunning sunsets occur in the fall and winter. In a few minutes, you watch a free color show gracing the close of any day.
I’m leaning into enjoying as many fleeting moments as I can squeeze into this lifetime, coloring my world with sunsets.
I also find myself at home with a colorful morning sky, especially a mountain sunrise.
Find out more about the Science of Beautiful Sunsets. If you want to chuckle during a more expanded science lesson, try this episode where Neil deGrasse Tyson explains “The Sunset Illusion.”
Joni Mitchell’s recent performance on the Grammy’s reignited my love for her album Clouds and her haunting “Both Sides Now.”
Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.
—Rabindranath Tagore
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With gratitude,
Kathryn
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