Sun Day

Saturday was gloom all over at sunrise. 360 degrees cloud. Today was better. Some of us are so sceptical that we resemble primitive man: will the sun really rise again and if it does will it be on the opposite side to where we saw it last?

That sense of wonder and doubt is precious. Relations with natural world should be based on wonder and magic. Beauty must never be explained by a formula.

It's almost too easy now for those of us who chase the sunrise in May and August. But it's one thing where winter competes with the special pleasures of spring,  summer and autumn: sunrise comes when we are better able to view it. Within five minutes we can see the sun's first edging over the horizon to its full appearance.