I was sitting here at my desk wondering what to write about when I looked up and out my west-facing window and was surprised to see a gloriously gaudy sunset filling the sky with vivid purple and peach stripes. How did I miss that happening right in front of me? Just goes to show how easily we can be distracted by our mundane tasks and miss those brief moments of true beauty.

Behind the screen of tangled,
bare, black branches,
setting sun throws off her raiments.