civil twilight // letters from the sky

A door just opened on a street

A door just opened on a street–
I, lost, was passing by–

An instant’s width of warmth disclosed
And wealth, and company.

The door as sudden shut, and I,
I, lost, was passing by,–
Lost doubly, but by contrast most,

Enlightening misery.

- Emily Dickinson

“La trombe, en tourbillonnant, court avec fureur, et menace de tout ravir sur son passage.”
(The tornado, while whirling, runs with fury, and threatens all who cross its path.)

Civil Twilight; When the center of the Sun is geometrically 6 degrees below the horizon. This is the limit at which twilight illumination is sufficient, under good weather conditions, for terrestrial objects to be clearly distinguished; at the beginning of morning civil twilight, or end of evening civil twilight the horizon is clearly defined and the brightest stars are visible under good atmospheric conditions in the absence of moonlight or other illumination.

one cannot proceed in two directions at once…

you will say anything to get your way. you will say anything to make me stay. but that’s ok.

rich is reading Bono on Bono.

“The secret of man’s being is not only to live but to have something to live for.” Dostoyevsky

“She opened up a book of poems and handed it to me written by an Italian
poet from the 13th century and every one of them words rang true and
glowed like burning coal pouring off of every page like it was written
in my soul from me to you.”

- Bob Dylan

“Neither man or nation can exist without a sublime idea. ” – Dostoyevsky

Jesus never let me down
You know Jesus used to show me the score
Then they put Jesus in show business
Now it’s hard to get in the door

- Bono, If God Will Send His Angels