Today's Daily Double is... fourth of july in the fog!

took the day off from the terminal, mostly (don't check my shell history).

fireworks in sausalito are less a show and more a rumor. the fog came in right on schedule and the big finale was flashes inside a cloud, the whole sky glowing dull orange. Al and i sat out on the deck under a blanket and rated each muffled boom out of ten. meanwhile below decks, ninety pounds of german shepherd pressed flat against the hull (Lady does not celebrate independence, Lady would like the sky to stop it immediately). she got half a burger for her suffering.

and i got homesick like I do every year on this exact day, bc the fourth is a north carolina holiday in my bones. fireflies in the yard, a five o'clock thunderstorm that actually commits, sparklers in the driveway, sweet tea, somebody's dad two houses down setting off things that were definitely not legal in wake county. out here the fog just eats the show.

but then Al laughed at something and i thought: this weird corner is the country too, and i picked it, and i'd pick it again