At a recent signing a reader showed me a passage from a Chet and Bernie novel that she liked – about night. I neglected to find out which book, but commenter Izzy Phillips has nailed it: The Sound and the Furry. And here’s the passage:
Night had fallen by the time we left the Dry Gulch patio and walked out to the Porsche, although night never actually falls, in fact rises from the ground up. The sky darkens the very last. Here in the Valley it never goes completely black, just dialing down to dark pink, especially in the direction of the downtown towers. I was sort of thinking about all that, but not hard, when I noticed a shadowy dude standing near our ride.
(Thanks to ML for her careful search – but I gave inaccurate information.)
8 Comments on “Night”
Greetings!
Such a lovely passage.
Another beautiful day in this neck of the woods.
Make today awesome!
Good day to all.
Wow! Cool thought, Chet!!
Wose! Mom has emailed you some pics for your consideration in the 2025 calendar. As I mentioned before, I know you want my pictures even if there is no calendar.
The rest of you need to send Wose some selfies! Including OFA!!
Big Tiny: I will check them out…Thanks! I do have a picture of OFA for the 2025 calendar, but more are always welcome. Same for the rest of youse on this here blog.
Franklin has a great day today — a five mile hike in and around Seneca Creek, one of his favorite hiking locales. And other than one slight misadventure going after what we think may have been a fox, he was perfect off leash. A little tired now, but not the worse for wear. All in celebration of the mom lady’s birthday too!
Happy Birthday to Mom and Congrates to Franklin for an almost perfect hike. I’m sure he’ll nail the next one, although it is hard to fault him for chasing a fox. So very tempting.
WTAFP: Wishing the mom lady a very happy birthday!
Glad you found it. Yes, I did check The Sound and the Furry but the Kindle search looks for exact quotes and I though just searching for “Night” would give me way too many results for each book. “Rising up” would likely do the same. It was just a quick search and I felt sure thta WTAFP would know the exact book immediately.
In addition to this being WTAFML’s birthday today is National Welsh Rarebit day and I missed it. I wouldn’t have made any anyway as we are going into a hot spell so not cooking and you can’t make Welsh Rarebit in the microwave, you can only reheat it.
I wouldn’t have had time anyway.
I cut up the stuff I pruned yesterday and bagged it. Then I went to the pool to work out and as a reward for a month of hard work I took myself to Filippi’s for a late lunch of a personal pan Margharita pizza with small side salad. Then I went to Armstrong Nursery and Home Depot in search of white flowering perennials for Caesar’s memorial garden once I get everything all cleaned up, repair the gate and the irrigation. I want to restore it to what it originally was before it got neglected.
Now I am on the search for a source for Dicondra seed, baby tears and maidenhair fern. I also want some snowdrop bulbs but may have to send for them. I think I will be replacing the shorter decorative border fencing with something taller as I have already caught Freyja digging in there.