{"id":71,"date":"2005-05-11T20:06:03","date_gmt":"2005-05-12T02:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.douglasblaine.com\/index.php\/?p=71"},"modified":"2010-09-07T19:35:19","modified_gmt":"2010-09-08T01:35:19","slug":"coralines-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.douglasblaine.com\/index.php\/20050511\/coralines-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"Coraline\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"moon<\/a><\/p>\n

Early this morning I dreamt I was laying on the deck looking up at the night sky.<\/p>\n

It was chilly and maybe even frosty, but I recall not caring so much. Objects filled in the inconsequential periphery of my vision. They must have been a gas grill, a glass table, deck chairs, and faded plastic children’s sized deck chairs. A fat crescent moon was directly over me–horns pointing left.<\/p>\n

Though it was clearly night time, sunset splashed clouds framed the moon in a ragged combination of white, dark gray, orange, yellow, red, and maybe vibrant rust. They were pasted to the thick blue sky, but over time I could tell they were changing. I wanted to capture the view, but I did not want to miss it either.<\/p>\n

I had time to go get the camera.<\/p>\n

Rushing back out to the deck, I lay down for the same effect as before and saw through the viewfinder that the clouds had sped up–almost to a roil. The the inside-warm camera body and lens drew moisture from the air like that arm-sized magnet my Grandpa owned drew shavings from the soil around his driveway.<\/p>\n

What I wanted moved too fast to capture and what I had to capture it with had failed.<\/p>\n

Putting the camera down to the deck I watched the clouds suffocate the moon in plain colorless shades until it was unable to even limn the occlusion. The sky was black now and void of stars.<\/p>\n

I woke up.<\/p>\n

Before we went to bed, your Mother and I had been talking about taking more pictures of you.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Early this morning I dreamt I was laying on the deck looking up at the night sky. It was chilly and maybe even frosty, but I recall not caring so much. Objects filled in the inconsequential periphery of my vision. They must have been a gas grill, a glass table, deck chairs, and faded plastic … <\/p>\n

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