A sunset is a beckoning. A call. A gesture toward a mystery we cannot conceive. Just a few of the fabulous events I have beheld from the top of Mount Tabor. In chronological order.
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| February 8, 2010 |
On this day, up until the moment I beheld this sunset, my mind was occupied with thoughts of
Sarah Palin. She melted away when I saw that bright orange scar of light silhouetting Council Crest.
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| January 25, 2011 |
Cold and dry on this day. The clouds seemed to spiral out from the sun. An infinitesimal fractal of the Milky Way, spiraling out from the chaos of the Galactic Center. President Obama was finishing up his
State of the Union address on this day.
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| September 27, 2011 |
I wrote a little
post about this sunset. A farewell to summer: Sunset eulogy.
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| October 3, 2011 |
This sunset was the perfect antidote to appalling revelations about
Rick Perry from Texas.
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| December 2, 2011 |
Although Governor Kitzhaber spared the life of the murderer
Gary Haugen, it is certain that Haugen will never see a sunset like this one. I wonder, could a creature like Haugen be immune to it? I doubt it.
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| March 22, 2012 |
On this day, the sunset underwent an amazing transformation.
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| March 22, 2012 |
This is the same sunset a few minutes later.
Watching a sunset, one can sense a wisdom underlying the foundations of human reality. We can't conceive it. Solace comes from simply knowing that it is there.
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