Watermark

A [thoughtful] Pause

 

It has been brought to my attention that I am neglecting Watermark. And so I am; another unplanned blogging holiday.

It's odd, but the demise of the iBook seems to have shifted me from right-brain to left-brain mode. As I await the arrival of a replacement, I am reading actual books. I am reading, online, mostly tech- and blog-related stuff. I am (again) quitting smoking, so slightly cranky. I'm immersed in televised politics.

And, of course, I miss Spike. He was so demanding, even when well, that I have frequent reminders of his absence, in all the things I no longer must do. 

So -- all is well, I'll return soon.

Red Moon

  

You took my cat
from me. He flew
from his body.

I could not hold him.
I think it was your color
that called him. Same

to same. Now when
I see you, I hear him
purr. I could not hold him.

Aug. 16, 5:16 p.m. EDT — Full Sturgeon Moon, when this large fish of the Great Lakes and other major bodies of water like Lake Champlain is most readily caught. A few tribes knew it as the Full Red Moon because the moon rises looking reddish through sultry haze, or the Green Corn Moon or Grain Moon. There will be a Partial Lunar Eclipse that will be visible from Europe, Africa and the western two-thirds of Asia with this full moon. At its maximum 81 percent of the moon's diameter will become immersed in the Earth's dark umbral shadow.

[The photo is a mashup: Full Moon from Rhys Jones Photography and Spike]