Journal: 10/17/05

The sun and the blue sky came back this weekend – finally. After a full week of rain, the storm drifted away on Saturday and allowed us to occasionally see the sunshine on the grass in the late afternoon. I was at school doing some work, and one of the maintenance guys was pretty excited to see the clearing. “Ham,” he said, “I actually think I saw some sunlight!” That evening I took a walk in the park, and I could tell by the fine look of the sky that we were in for a lovely day on Sunday – and I was right. Yesterday was one of the prettiest October days I can recall. Pine Point had its annual alumni games in the afternoon, and the weather can best be described as brilliant, as in shining, radiant, and glowing. The temperature was only in the 50’s, but the warm sunshine made it seem like a summer day. The grass on the fields seemed brighter than I’d ever seen it, and the faces on all the kids celebrating with games at their old school were sunny in the good, bright weather.