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September 22, 2022 by Dave Bonta

Lightning flickers on the horizon at dawn. The dull glow of the crescent moon’s darkened bulk reminds me that the earth also shines.

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Categories Plummer's Hollow Tags dawn, lightning, moon 1 Comment
September 29, 2020 by Dave Bonta

Hard rain. My brain feels sluggish, despite coffee. A flash of lightning like the apotheosis of all this yellow.

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Categories Plummer's Hollow Tags fall foliage, lightning, rain
February 27, 2009 by Dave Bonta

A downpour. Just above the ridge, a sudden flash followed by a teeth-rattling rumble, the outline of an inverted tree fading on my retina.

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Categories Plummer's Hollow Tags lightning, rain

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