Full Moonrise over the Cascade Mountains in the Columbia River Gorge, reflected in the waters of Rock Cove - September 14, 2008
The Moon is full overnight tonight, at 2:13 AM September 15 here on the West Coast of the United States.
I am sitting in my living room, typing this blog entry on the laptop I bought almost three years ago, right after Hurricane Katrina. Another Gulf Coast hurricane, Ike, has come and gone this weekend, capping a summer of dreams and drama, sorrow and gratitude; of getting clear, coming home, and letting things settle out.
The window is open to let in the cool night air, and I can hear the chirp of frogs in the garden and the occasional car passing on the two-lane scenic highway in the distance. Earlier today, I heard the first geese of the season honking as they landed on the lake. The plums in my front yard are ripening, almost translucent deep purple. A plum tree branch overhangs the steep driveway to my house, and if I take the turn just right, it hits the windshield with a big "thump" and plums go cascading down to the street.
It feels peaceful now. An active, full, rather tired, and waiting kind of peaceful. Maybe the best sort of peaceful there is, where we don't know what is going to happen, whether it's going to be "good" or "bad" -- probably some of both; and how on Earth could we judge? Or when or how or who; and we know we don't have any control over it. And it's all OK, and going to be OK, no matter what.
It's time. And we're ready.
That, I do know for myself, and believe it for the world.
That's a fabulous photograph! Thank you.
Posted by: Nick | Monday, September 15, 2008 at 03:05 PM
Thanks, Nick. I had fun going out at sunset and driving around to find just the right "photo opportunity" ... it was like "chasing the moon."
Posted by: Kitty | Monday, September 15, 2008 at 04:48 PM