iMood: Heat Would Feel Good Today

Another cool clear sunny morning, Olympic mountains in view to the West, not a cloud to be seen in the blue overhead. When I got up this morning (just getting daylight these days as we head into the final phase of summer) a large full-ish moon hung bright and low in the sky, a deep yellow orange.  The moon was back to silver against blue by drive time.

The morning temps are just flirting with the heat-would-feel-good-on-the-drive-in-when-the-top-is-down range. I left the heat off, but was just a tad colder than was perfectly comfortable today.  My fingers are a little stiff on the keyboard while they warm back up.  I thought about turning up the heat (it's only a knob twist away, after all) but was also enjoying the invigorating morning chill and in the end couldn't quite bring myself to shatter the latter with the former.  Still, it is another reminder that summer is starting to phase gently out, whether we want to admit it or not.

The iPod was in a variety mood, from perky to melancholy. I'm glad the first tune showed up on a Tuesday instead of a Monday.  "Pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again" wouldn't have been quite the ticket first thing on a slightly tired-feeling Monday, I don't think.

The full list from today's drive:

Diana Krall: Pick Yourself Up
Matthew Perryman: Echoes of Eden
Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny: The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
Anna Nalick: Satellite