Finding diamonds

Jan. 4, 7:01 a.m.

A clear morning here, and we watched for the diamond. Every clear morning, for a couple of seconds, the earth wears the sun like a diamond on the rim of the world.

The sun, in those seconds, is as white as a diamond and sparkles like one, glittering rays spilling into view at the moment the first brilliant carat of sun appears.

You can only watch for a couple of seconds, but it is long enough for the symbolism to take place. Every day begins with this ceremony of earth and sun, the earth slipping on the sun’s ring with its signal of all the potential for us that their marriage has to offer, the enormity of our fortune to exist in such a place as this marriage provides, and the opportunity given us to be inspired by it. It’s up to us, what to do with it, but it is always there, every morning.

The sun came up a couple minutes later for us this morning, because it came up behind Tut's hands (more about Tut at another time). Other hilltops, and the downtown skyline to our west, were in sunlight before we were, as the shadow of the hands let the light work toward us and the diamond, cupped in Tut's hands, appeared.

Karen pointed out something very interesting to me yesterday. If you want to see the photo on a larger scale (the diamond will be easier to see) without the text, just click on it. Once that image appears, you can right-click on it and a menu appears. Scroll down to "Set as Background," click on it, and the image becomes your desktop background. I thought it was very cool that every day I can change my desktop background to show that morning's sunrise.

We won't be here for tomorrow's sunrise. I am checking in at 5:30 a.m. for hip replacement surgery. Karen will post photos Friday and through the weekend and I will be home Monday.