Sunset

Photo: L. Weikel

Here we are. It’s Friday evening (or more likely Saturday morning by the time you read this) of Labor Day weekend, 2020. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the summer of the Covid-19 pandemic is galloping toward its unofficial end. And if you happened to be outside this evening you would have witnessed an utterly exquisite sunset leading this Labor Day parade.

What does it mean that we’re at the end of the summer? This year’s return to school is colossally screwed up. All anyone can do is keep their eyes on the daily tallies of infections and hospitalizations.

Oops!

I have to chuckle. I wrote the above couple of paragraphs and suddenly found myself sitting upright, coughing.

Yes, I fell asleep in the middle of writing my post for the day.

I’m appalled at myself. It was a hard snooze, too.

Take a look at these photos from earlier tonight, though. Not an owl to be heard, but oh my, the shifting colors splashed across the sky grew deeper and more lovely every minute that we walked.

Better Things

I do have one recommendation for you this weekend. If you haven’t started watching it yet, there is an absolutely binge-worthy show for you to check out this weekend: Better Things. It’s on Hulu.

Shout out to my sweet friend Cherry-Lee, who wrote about it on Facebook. I’d never even heard of it last week at this time. But based on her rave review of it, Karl and I started watching this week and – oh my. It is one of the best shows!

We just finished season two tonight and I feel like we’re only just getting into the really good stuff. I don’t want to give anything away. Trust me. It’s quirky and funny and poignant and maddening. Shocking sometimes, too.

It’s worth your time. You won’t regret it.