a dual signature

I walked home backwards today. People driving past me on 13th thought I was nuts. But the occasional pedestrian understood what had my attention. It was one of those days where the sun was shining bright yet rain was steadily hitting the ground. And, in the distance toward a clear blue opening was a rainbow inside of another rainbow. A dual Signature to remind me. Of a lot.

I turned a year older this past weekend. It was the first day of summertime and the longest day of the year, as it is always. And it was a day casting down 30’s shadow. But it wasn’t Father’s Day as it was 20-something years ago. It reminded me of Father’s Day, though. Appropriately, in myriad of ways.

The weekend was spent decently … I went out on U-Street Friday night with some fellow interns looking for some sweet live tunes. We wound up with a few beers and cigarettes instead … not too shabby. Saturday was spent shopping for non-cancer-causing water containers and a trip to a somewhat familiar Whole Foods (though not the same experience as 6th and Lamar). (Oh the irony of a “yes” to cigarettes and a “no” to heated Nalgene water-bottles.)

I marked the rest of the day, and the end of its sunshine on this year’s longest day, by lounging on Thomas Jefferson’s steps watching the orange sky fade into the West and a lightning storm approach from across the Potomac. I’m not gonna lie – it was good.

The birthday weekend concluded with a hike in Maryland with some folks from work while the rest of the day I prayed for the weekend to grow longer. It decided not to, but was a decent package of joy in my new town.

I hope your Summer Solstice was beautifully spent! (Try to walk home backwards someday … especially when you see what I saw … People thought I was a fool until they looked up too!)

Peace.

(Here is a picture of a beautiful rainbow I happened-on while driving between Austin and B/CS this past Fall.)