Monday, August 21, 2017

Playing in the Dark

 August 21, 2017:  the day
of the Great Eclipse across America.

We, here in Tucson, were off
the darkened track, but the Tucson
Old Timers were ready to play
in the 57% dark, if dark it was.

Billy, who did not have a paper box
with a hole in it, did next best,
and brought binoculars
and a sheet of paper for projection.









Brad Tolson, of the clan, Tolson, Tolson, and More Tolsons,
showed up and settled into a seat in the shaded stands next to the dugout.
"Huh!", I heard Dennis call to him in his cultured Bostonian accent,
"Don't you know you can't see the eclipse in the dahk?"

"What is, 'dahk'?", Brad replied.






Miguel was ready:

Miguel is always ready.






The game went on as usual . . .




 . . . with its usual grace.








None the worse for the wear.












"It don't mean a thing,
if it ain't got that swing"
Encouragement
Communication



Nexus
On Second Thought
































The eclipse passed
leaving no trace
of otherworldly drama.

We have sun to spare,
here in Tucson:
sun to share.


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