Monday, October 19, 2009

The Dimming Of The Day

Our sunsets are too abrupt to allow for any protracted roaming in the gloaming. Usually they're over so quickly we barely notice them. But tonight, with a little change in our routine caused by the day being a holiday, we were out for a cup of tea and kaya toast as the light faded, thickening in distinctly Shakespearean fashion.

What is it about having the sun smeared on the horizon that is so restful?

1 comment:

Trebuchet said...

When the sun is off to bed
So too mortals rest their head...

I think our natural rhythms are up at sunrise, down at sunset. But as my grandfather the doctor quoted to me once, "Early to rise, early to bed / Makes a man healthy, wealthy and dead."