outer loop

Full moon shines across the valley. Dogs bark on the next ranch. The drive from my parents place over to here is a roll, nice. The road passes through scrub oak trees, piñon pine, sage brush, passing over-grazed fields and a couple mesas, not to mention skirting the mass of Granite Mountain where there are still wisps of smoke rising from the fires, although they have mostly burned out. The skies are always a jumble of thunderheads, cirrus clouds, and changing Light. I swim at the YMCA pool in town this afternoon. Not too satisfactory, the water is not clear, and the pool is an odd length, like 33 yards? However, it is nice to move in the water and I do need the exercise. I am moving through a haze.