- Sunset -

Judi J., first grader, and I went out to dinner tonight. We went to a pizza place with all sorts of amusements, much like Chucky Cheese but with lots better pizza and much cooler attractions. This one has a nice little carousel and some bumper cars. Need I say that Judi J. loves the bumper cars. She'd been looking forward to this trip all week. And truth be told, she's a little driving terror. Fully in control of the car, she has great, great fun ramming other cars at top speed. It's so unlike her general personality...

The sun was setting on the way home and I looked up and so the wonderful glow of part of a giant disk of clouds. They were all rosy, ruffled on the edges. Beyond the main disk of clouds, there were these wonderful luminiscent wisps of cirrus clouds criss-crossing the sky in all sorts of interesting patterns. It was really quite lovely, the furthest thing from ominous imaginable.

Yes, the leading edge of Rita...