Mon., 21 Aug. 2017

Marshall, MO

10:50

Bloomfield’s Family Restaurant:

AccuWeather and the Weather Channel are both calling for a good chance of sunshine during the Eclipse. I hope so, because at present the storm that chased me out of Kansas City this morning is rolling by; although, I am on the southern edge of it.

11:20

The wonders of modern technology! I am watching the Eclipse live in Madras, OR, 2 hours before I will view it in Marshall, MO, on a news program airing out of New York City!

12:11

Marshall Church of the Nazarene:

It is starting to clear up to the East and South, we will see if it reaches our parking lot in time to full view the Eclipse. The pastor and his wife were seminarians at the Nazarene College in Olathe and attended Summit View while there. Small world.

13:03

Sudden, complete calm.

The sun begins to darken

Light slipping away.

Nature seems to be frozen

As darkness swallows the sky.

13:06

Odd, a crescent sun.

Armageddon fantasies,

Biblical display.

The earth, a frozen shadow

in the encroaching umbra.

13:08

I see stars forming.

Street lamps are igniting fast;

people applauding.

13:10

A sundown in noon hours.

Fear, wonder, awe, amusement.

Colors are changing:

A speck of light, the moon moves

Sundown to rise in minutes.

13:13

Birds and bugs are tricked

As the moon continues course

A fresh dawn arrives.

13:20

Celestial orbs

Embracing in a tango

As they pass their ways.