Clouds

It has been rainy & cloudy in KC for several days, so it was a treat to see the sun while driving home yesterday & today! The clouds still look potentially stormy, and the color of the sky darkens & intensifies as you look away from the horizon—from a light greenish cerulean to a deep blue-violet, making the giant, puffy clouds stand out clearly. Periodically when the clouds are thick & low on the horizon you can easily look up the road ahead, squint, and imagine them to be mountains in the distance. At least, that's how I always see them. I don't know how I manage to be born in Ohio & to kettle in KC, both conspicuously sans mountains, because I was born to be around them. I can feel it every time I visit. And even more audacious: I live but a 10-hour drive from Colorado but have never found the time to go in my 13 years in the region! When I tell people this, they look at me as if I have two heads. Many KC natives make an annual trip to enjoy Colorado. So, if I disappear for several days, you'll know where I went.