Endangered Evenings

For the last couple weeks, I've been stepping out after dinner to stroll a few blocks as the light fades.

This is a bonus amble, usually after a more serious effort earlier in the day. It's a wind-down walk, time to take in the night air and watch bats careen through the sky.

One night, a big orange moon hung on the horizon. Another, a post-deluge sunset purpled the sky and diffused the light so there were glimmers from all sorts of unusual corners. 

These late-August rambles are more precious because they're endangered.  The sun sets earlier, long twilights are on the way out. In yesterday's newspaper, a short article noted that for the first time in months, the sun would set before 8 p.m. Sunday night.

I walked anyway. And it was lovely.