Clouds got in our way.

The St Joe eclipse was at best a disappointment.  I'd been watching the weather reports for days and they were iffy, 30 to 40 percent cloudy, possible showers, but the day itself dawned hopefully, mostly clear, some scattered clouds, just enough to make it interesting I thought.  But as the day progressed the clouds increased and grew thicker.  Still there was hope as we dragged our folding chairs and eclipse glasses and pop and cookies and chips out to the parking lot by the ballfield in park across the street.  Scattered clouds but not that thick and it looked like there was a clear patch headed for the center of the sky.  And then there was just a teeny little bite out of Old Sol and then, then the clouds moved in.  Well shit, but still there was that clear spot in the sky moving towards the sun, but then it wasn't anymore, and then it was hopeless, and then. just for the hell of it it, started raining.  Drove us back to Ruby's back porch where it got dark enough I suppose, but not like midnight it seemed, and then straightaway it brightened and then there was a hole in the clouds and you could see a bright sliver of the sun like a crescent moon and then five seconds later that was gone, and we went inside to watch it go across the USA like a Chevrolet, most all the other spots had pretty good weather and there were giggling weather girls and avuncular science guys oohing and aahing while Ruby and I looked at each other, well shit.


Old Dog says he is not in love with the sound of his own voice to the extent of spouting out to hear what he has to say like that is a bad thing.  And he has a lot  more trust in a five minute conversation clearing up anything than I have.  I love conversation as much as the next blowhard, but when you write you have to think and that is why I love the Beaglestonian.  

I don't think demonstrations accomplish that much.  They do give their followers a sense of solidarity.  I suppose contacts are made.  If you have a good turnout it makes your side look stronger.  People who are on the fence may be swayed.  But overall not that much.

But I don's subscribe to the belief that they are manufactured by shadowy groups.  The people that are marching are doing it because they want to and they believe in their cause.


And now we have the dueling Trumps teleprompter Trump and ranting Trump and tweeting Trump one after another.  It is all getting a little ho hum, but I still can't look away.  The Trump/McConnel split seems to me is where the action is, but I've been wrong before.