New York City, August 6, 2012

★★★★ Busily agreeable. Clear, powerful sunlight caught on the edges of the clouds, making them glow stark white, and was content with that as a show of strength. No reason to cause suffering at ground level. People rode nonperformance bicycles along the streets of Chinatown, at a stately pace. Breezes were fresh and mild, moving in pleasantly unexpected eddies: warm air in the cool spots and cool in the warm spots. A laundromat’s exhaust and the vapors of glistening new asphalt got stirred up and bustled along, inoffensive and fleeting.