173. ...nothing over there but cloud.

(morning thinking)

I think today should have been the day. I think the sun should have edged over the horizon in line with the peak of North Berwick Law. Like a ball on the nose of an oldy timey circus seal 27km away, and 187m up, across in East Lothian.

It will have. The cloud cover doesn’t stop the sun. It just obscures my view. The path remains the same. Indomitable. For me the sunrise doesn’t happen.

This alignment happens twice a year and this year, this April 22nd, as I sit at the desk by window and look out to sea, I can see nothing over there but cloud.

I’ve written about this before. You might remember. Here it is it has more ideas. I had more ideas then.

I’ve waited months for something both unpredictable and certain - an ephemeral moment of noticing - and the day has passed in a fog.

There we have it.

I wonder whether, weather permitting, social commitments notwithstanding, calendar’s cleared and without illness or circumstance as hinderance, I might ever have a year where I see both biannual solar alignments with the wee hill on the horizon.

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You could subscribe if you like. That way you’ll be in the right place six months from now when the next sunrise allignment does or doesn’t make my morning spectacular. Stick with me for a year and we might catch both alignments.

Did I get that right? Biannual? Does it mean every two years or twice a year? I could just look it up and correct the sentence but where’s the fun in that?

If you know the answer let me know.

If you don’t know or aren’t sure don’t look it up. Maybe it would be funner, more edifying, to share the post with someone who might know the answer

Thanks for reading. I hope you saw the sun rise wherever you are.

Paul.