moonlit morning drive
full moon over Atlanta
pretty, still so wrong
Dr. Samuel Johnson famously said about the Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland, that it was, “Worth seeing, yes; but not worth going to see.” (The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. (1791) by James Boswell)
A full moon was shining this morning in the clear cold, VERY COLD, dark of this November morning when I left for work.
I headed west towards the moon as it sank lower towards the horizon and the sky slowly changed from black to gray to blue.
With Atlanta and its buildings in view, the moon hung over the city with a complete spectrum of morning hues across the dome of the sky.
It was stunning.
Incredibly simple.
It happens every day as the globe spins and the skies revolve over head.
Still, I felt lucky to see it.
I felt even luckier that I got to see it while remaining comfortably warm in my car.
Never the less, on the whole, all things considered, I would rather have been in bed.
There is something wrong about getting up at 5AM.
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