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LJ being sluggy again, I can't log in from the web, but the client logged in. Hmph. The user stats on the login page give the total number of journals as 3,999,599. If I created one right now, I might get number 4,000,000. But the pages won't open. Maybe everybody else had the same idea and they are clogging the site.


Light

There was a slight haze in the air tonight, and it caught the light of the nearly full moon so that a soft glow permeated everything.The stars were dimmed both by moonlight and haze, but the scattered light brought a strange enchantment to the scene. I haven't quite figured out how to describe it, but there was a vaporous quality to it, as though it might be possible to condense the light and pour it into a basin, where it might gleam and ripple and reflect in miniature the scene above it; a bright liquid through which the hand might pass and yet feel dry, though shimmering drops would fall and be seen to splash and be heard to make a sound like a small, resonant bell. Charmed by the thought of this casual defiance of nature's laws, I watched for a long time, until the moon settled behind the trees, and I heard the silken fluttering of moth's wings.

Bits

I finally got to log in! Amazing!

But not for long, because we have returned to those in-between days, too hot for Sluggo to function and not hot enough to turn on the air conditioner. Maybe it will get cool enough later tonight for me to catch up on my friends page.

I saw a hummingbird sipping from the roses immediately outside my kitchen window. It was no more than ten inches away. I'd have had to put on my reading glasses to get a good look at it, though.

There are also a large number of small moths flying around in the house. I've seen at least three or four in every room today. I have no idea where they are all coming from. I'm afraid to open the closets for fear I might find their contents utterly consumed.

Because the Slug must nap, I'm going to watch the re-broadcast of that reality show about the Amish kids living with a bunch of other kids in a Los Angeles apartment. I normally don't take much interest in reality shows, but I am unable to resist a good clash of cultures.