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Wednesday, October 27, 2004 Late this afternoon: I walked across the yard, my shadow angled out ahead of me -- long, attenuated, matching my stride step for step. A bit faint (the sunlight thin, filtered through overcast), but clear, gliding smoothly over the grass toward the house. This evening: my feet took me out of the house into a world alight from the full moon, so bright, so clearly illuminated that I could wander all over the hillside if I felt like it, could go hiking, bike-riding, skateboarding, stilt-walking. My shadow angled out ahead, keeping pace with my steps, bringing a smile to my silly face. Doesn't happen very often that my shadow does nighttime duty. I am out of here late Friday morning, the tempo of the passing hours has sneakily, stealthily accelerated. I go through the day, taking care of things needing pre-departure attention, the minutes whip by. I glance out the windows at the Vermont countryside -- the greens of summer and colors of autumn gone, browns, tans and grays left in their place -- the idea that the view will soon be very different takes on disorienting weight. Outside, the lunar eclipse is underway. Maybe I'll take my shadow for a walk, watch it fade and reappear as the moon does its thing. Two nights of country quiet left. rws 9:02 PM [+]
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