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The sun
shone for an unprecedented second day in a row
(but it was cold because without clouds the
lonesome Seattle sun is pouty) so Sarah and I
hit the bike trail around Lake Washington and
unpacked our apples at stony Log Boom Park. A
formation of ducks lands on the water, a
waterskier kicks up spray, a seaplane takes
off noisily. We crossed the street to warm
ourselves over hot cocoa and pancakes at
Denny's and pedaled the ten miles back fast
as it'd gotten even colder
now that the sun
had dropped below the crest of
faroff hills. But the skies were still clear
and crossing the U campus a Hitchcockian flock
of crows screeched and swarmed in and out of
the trees arching above us through whose bare
branches we could see the snow and rock of Mt.
Rainier.
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