We report: the sun is setting to the chattering of the jackdaws. We seem to only come across this group at this time of the day, when we are alone. We have taken to nodding at them, hoping to establish a friendship solely on that basis. The wind is whistling through phone lines.
We report: last week, we stood outside at night for hours on end during the peak of the Perseids. Tonight, the sky is even clearer, and we would do it again - had the temperature not dropped by half since. Even our jacket feels a little flimsy after a few minutes of staring up.
Had a hard day. Gonna sit on the couch, read Murderbot, and eat cookies.
I read a #Murderbot fanfic yesterday and it made me want more Murderbot so I went to the tag like "Gen, ART & Murderbot friendship, sort by kudos..." looked at the first few results, and so now I'm rereading Network Effect.
We report: we thought we had seen all this sunset had to offer, but we stayed a few moments longer. When the sky got almost dark enough for the first planets to emerge from its depths, some of the higher clouds started to glow - and only when those faded was it truly over.
Vacuumed 90% of the house before breakfast, and found this guy. Dad has no idea who it is.
We report: now, there are clouds. Not just a few, not a thin layer, not stormy, let alone rainy clouds; a proper cloud cover. These would normally be somewhat unremarkable to us. Thinking about it, however, it has been months since we have seen this kind of weather.
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We report: for a handful of seconds, taken by the sun, we feel weightless. It seems as though it is just us and the sun, and there is the burn and a pleasant warmth at once, a golden glow and the searing light too. The clouds continue to move on, and the sun disappears in them.
So proud of myself. I did ALL the errands: library, pet store, bank, Goodwill, post office, Trader Joe's, AND I wore my new boots.
I sometimes get Japanese words stuck in my head, like earworms. 短い (mijikai: short) is a perennial favorite of my brain, but yesterday it was 動物園 (doubutsuen: zoo) and 手作り (tezukuri: handmade).
Language question for @jessesword.com and whoever else might know: this mystery novel from 1931 talks about “tin hats” as menswear, and I can’t figure out what they are/were. /1
I’ve just learned that Ray Bradbury’s short, “There Will Come Soft Rains”, is set today, August 4th, 2026
We report: we see half a dozen sunrises on the train. The sun emerges from behind the clouds, casting an orange glow across the whole sky, then the clouds swallow it back. Minutes later, another place, the shape of the clouds has changed, but it happens again the exact same way.
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We report: we do let our eyes get used to the darkness for half an hour, and we remember to only use red lights. We do it the right way, but the moon is bright behind the trees, the sky is still full of smoke, and so it turns out that the crickets are much louder than the stars.
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We report right at the end of sunset, almost exactly missing the sun. Rising in its stead in the belt of Venus, the moon slowly goes from pink to orange. As we try to keep up with it, bats fly by our face, always narrowly missing it. The heat of the day is not leaving.
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We report: we had a busy, fast day, until we sat down here below the sky. Though it is somewhat windy, the clouds seem to be moving at their slowest, and within minutes we found our breathing trying to match the same pace. The sun is quietly setting at the other end of the sky.
#sdcc Paul Wesley took Ethan Peck on a coffee date "to talk about Spirk"
I wrote another Shetland fic, at the behest of beloved @llincathryn.bsky.social and @twistedsoup.bsky.social! I'm so pleased I was able to write this one, friends, and I think it's good. One you can read without the canon, also. archiveofourown.org/works/88933421
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