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Tag: moon

  • 12 – 16 January 2026

    After last week’s post, Matthew sent me a link to The Sunlight Optimism Counter. I love it (he built it). 6am sunrise in March! 5am in May. It hardly seems possible. On Monday the sunrise was 8:01am. Today (Friday) it was 7:57am. Depending on where you are, the days don’t suddenly get longer after the…

    DW

  • 3 – 9 January 2026

    Saturday Sunrise, 8:04am God, it’s the best day for walking! On the way back to the wood the setting sun hits the trees, colouring trunks and bare branches bronze. On the ground a mist is gathering. The sun sets in nine minutes and I have all the time in the world.  As I head back…

    DW

  • 8 – 12 December 2025

    Tuesday Sunrise: 7:52am The weather is furious, hurling rain at windows and roaring into the sky. The whole house shakes with it, dreams are shaped by it, windows rattle and I can’t wait for it to end.  On the station platform I join the rest of the commuters huddled into coats and puffer jackets. We…

    DW

  • 10 – 14 November 2025

    Monday Sunrise: 7:09am Massive moon. Not full, but big and low. It rained for most of the day – except for five minutes during a call in which someone delivered bad news, and then the sun came out.  I keep thinking about something I read last week. How can people write fiction when real life…

    DW

  • 6 – 10 October 2025

    Radio edit. Busy work week. Monday Sunrise: 7:09am I outsourced caring to see how it would feel. Answer: as hollow as expected. I assume someone important at JustGiving has said they need to demonstrate how they’re using AI, that default indicator of progress. Their solution is to give people options when it comes to writing…

    DW

  • 8 – 12 September 2025

    Monday & Tuesday  Sunrise 6:24am & 6:25am JW sends photos of clouds above the house. Light from the rising sun strikes the bottom of each one and leeches into the dark shadows above. The houses beneath are in silhouette, the sky gets bluer the higher up you go. ‘Amazing!’ she says, and I say perfect…

    DW

  • 11-15 August 2025

    Monday Sunrise: 5:40am Saw T in a field full of clover and birds foot trefoil. I wasn’t sure it was him for a minute but he shouted and waved so I tracked back to meet him. We talked for so long that I ditched my plans and walked back with him the way I came.…

    DW

  • 4 – 8 August 2025

    Monday Sunrise: 5:29am   Car crash moon: waxing gibbous, 10 days old. It’s not even full, but it’s low enough to catch your attention and turn your head. Low enough to bang your head, maybe. This morning, the biggest of the morning glory twirled right off the top of its bamboo cane and continued into…

    DW

  • 17 – 21 March 2025

    Monday Sunrise: 6:09am This is good. Soon we’ll forget we ever had to get up and go to work in the dark. In the evening the moon is huge, hanging low and orange, close to the horizon. Tuesday Sunrise: 6:06am What a morning! Heavy frost, blazing sunshine. Shadows so thick you could roll ‘em up and…

    DW

  • 10 – 14 March 2025

    Monday Sunrise: 6:25am Did she say it was like the sky was alive, or the sky was awake? I met FMP this morning as I was littler picking. We talked about holidays and a trip she made a few years ago to see the northern lights. She said it was wonderful. I think she said…

    DW