{"id":8299,"date":"2011-09-11T11:22:16","date_gmt":"2011-09-11T15:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/?p=8299"},"modified":"2018-02-05T13:11:52","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T18:11:52","slug":"clear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/clear\/","title":{"rendered":"Clear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnesimpson.com\/images\/bluesky.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"width: 100%;\" title=\"Blue sky\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnesimpson.com\/images\/bluesky.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<span class=\"su-dropcap su-dropcap-style-light\" style=\"font-size:2em\">N<\/span>ot unusually for a Sunday, I took The Pooch for a longish walk this morning. The temperature had broken this week, and it was only in the high 70s. A couple of neighbors took advantage of the opportunity to fire up lawnmower and chainsaw, but few people otherwise had yet ventured out.<\/p>\n<p>It was such a nice walk.<\/p>\n<p>Still, I couldn&#8217;t help wishing the sky were a little less immaculate, less perfect. More strangely, I found myself wishing that even a single airplane would cross it. I didn&#8217;t want to remember that other clear blue morning sky. I didn&#8217;t want to forget the airplanes.<\/p>\n<p>____________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update:<\/strong>\u00a0The day has also brought my politically more outspoken friend FLJerseyBoy out of whatever hole he&#8217;s been hiding in for three-plus years. He&#8217;s suddenly popped up again at <em><a title=\"A Dog Starv'd: 'Misread Signals'\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/fljerseyboy.blogspot.com\/2011\/09\/misread-signals.html\" target=\"_blank\">A Dog Starv&#8217;d<\/a><\/em>, with a different take on it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ot unusually for a Sunday, I took The Pooch for a longish walk this morning. The temperature had broken this week, and it was only in the high 70s. A couple of neighbors took advantage of the opportunity to fire up lawnmower and chainsaw, but few people otherwise had yet ventured out. 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