And here is the rainbow Squarespace stripped from the two pervious posts

Thinking more about it, I decided that since I had told readers about the rainbow, I really should post it. So here it is. When I first saw it, I was kind of wishing I had one of my real cameras with me and a lens with some reach to it. But when you shoot with an iPhone, you work within its shortcomings and strengths and if your eye is good and you feel the picture in your heart, then you will come up with a decent image - no matter what camera you use.

No spark today

It is lunchtime and I am taking a walk in the rain. There seems to be almost no electricity in my brain today. I feel no creative spark whatsoever. I see only dull dimness. I do not want to take a picture, because I can't think of one or see one and I do not want to face the torment that Squarespace will ultimately inflict upon me when I attempt to post it. But I have kind of made a habit of documenting various moments throughout the day and people expect it of me. So here is a picture I just now took: Shadow Me in a mud puddle, dead leaves sunk all about.

No wind yet, just rain

It's raining pretty good, but the high winds forecast have not materialized. The branches of the trees are barely swaying. That's here of course – I don't know what is happening in Anchorage, the Hillside, Turnagain Arm or the Knik River. Sometimes, if it's windy one place around here it's windy everywhere. Sometimes, wind can absolutely be tearing in one area, and one mile away be dead calm. Usually, when it's windy we get a pretty good blow here, but not as bad as at Walmart.

Walmart is not far from the Knik River and just gets the hell blown out of it. On a windy day at Walmart, you want to park facing the wind. You might have to struggle and push to get your door open and squeeze out, but if the wind is coming from behind you it will grab your door the moment you open it and slam it against its hinges so hard you can't believe it didn't rip it right off. I wouldn't be surprised to learn the wind has taken a few doors at Walmart. Trucks passing by sometimes get tipped over. Camper canopies get ripped right off the back of pickup trucks.

Anyway, it's hardly blowing at all here – but the day is still young– I just heard high wind warning on the radio, so it could still come.

All Americans know of this place…

Another pleasant, tranquil, Sunday afternoon in downtown Wasilla.

Logbook: Barrow to Wasilla, entry 3: Anchorage in the rain

It was raining when I left and it is raining when I get back. But look! Not only that, but it's starting to get dark and it's not even quite 10 PM.