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larryhammerThe past five years, I've left for work at perisunrise -- about half the year, the sun is up as I head east (and a little north) and half the year, it's behind the mountain. Which means I've been watching the analemma lissajou through the sky with the changing seasons.
Dawn is a lovely time in the desert -- especially those few minutes before the sun peeks over the peaks, with the northern range staining pink from the tops down. Color seeps into the world with the growing light, and the nocturnal and crepuscular denizens are still active -- twitter, tweet, hop, scuttle, yip. The desert is most alive when it's cool. Even the ants are relaxed and unhurried along their portages.
I'm not at work today because we've moving buildings. I regret leaving an office for a cube, and I regret no longer working across the street from Trader Joe's and Bookman's, and I resent being told to take PTO because they haven't a place for me while the boxes are schlepped. But possibly I most regret that I will now be heading south (and a little west) to work instead of facing the analemma.
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Dawn is a lovely time in the desert -- especially those few minutes before the sun peeks over the peaks, with the northern range staining pink from the tops down. Color seeps into the world with the growing light, and the nocturnal and crepuscular denizens are still active -- twitter, tweet, hop, scuttle, yip. The desert is most alive when it's cool. Even the ants are relaxed and unhurried along their portages.
I'm not at work today because we've moving buildings. I regret leaving an office for a cube, and I regret no longer working across the street from Trader Joe's and Bookman's, and I resent being told to take PTO because they haven't a place for me while the boxes are schlepped. But possibly I most regret that I will now be heading south (and a little west) to work instead of facing the analemma.
---L.
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Date: 10 November 2006 04:45 pm (UTC)And "Annalemma" and "Lissajou" would be great names for the girl protagonists in a YA science murder mystery, hmm?
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Date: 10 November 2006 04:54 pm (UTC)---L.
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Date: 10 November 2006 07:35 pm (UTC)Aww man, buildings are heavy. ;)
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Date: 10 November 2006 10:08 pm (UTC)Alas, I work in a lead-lined vault, and wouldn't see if the sun and moon danced hornpipes in heavens. Rats.
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Date: 11 November 2006 01:28 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 11 November 2006 06:18 am (UTC)---L.
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Date: 11 November 2006 06:20 am (UTC)Supposedly -- I haven't visited the new office yet -- I'm a cubie at the end, in front of the big wall of windows. Overlooking a vacant lot.
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Date: 11 November 2006 06:23 am (UTC)---L.
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Date: 13 November 2006 06:14 am (UTC)Re: Had to be said
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Date: 13 November 2006 03:20 pm (UTC)---L.
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Date: 13 November 2006 08:13 pm (UTC)---L.