"love of death,/If love it be towards what is perfect and/Cannot, the tempest tells me, disappoint."

Clouds and stones and stones:

More cloud timelapses: Undulatus Asperatus Sunset
(via)

A short film on the 2017 European Stone Stacking Championship. (via)

Ancient Roman transit map. (via)

---L.

Subject quote from "Rain," Edward Thomas.

"goodbye said so easily / goodbye said so quietly / goodbye, goodbye"

In the personal news department, I came back from vacation (a working one: helping my parents move) to learn my employer is shuttering this satellite office and my position is one of those being cut along the way. Which means job hunting time again. The gig's up at the end of next month, so it's not a desperation search yet, but still.

(Any tips as to tech writing jobs, preferably in Arizona or working remote, are appreciated. I also freelance as a copyeditor, proofreader, and ebook formatter, and referrals to potential gigs greatly appreciated. But mostly I'm posting this in a bid for sympathy.)

FWIW, travel with a four-year-old is so much easier than even three. I can now comprehend the trip around the world my family took when I was that age. Also: TBD still adores Grandpa.

---L.

Subject quote from "Goodbye (She Quietly Says)," Bob Gaudio & Jake Holmes.