Lovely morning, warm but not hot afternoon--until the sun comes around and starts shining through the front windows. Last night the sky was so clear that Venus and Jupiter were brilliant, and for some reason, that--a wondrous bright night sky--gets my yearning going so it almost hurts. In fact, I watched that same sight as the planets come closer to each other all the nights of this month, on clear evenings in England. Over there, as far north as it is, sunset is still evident at 11pm. Here,... Sign in to see full entry.