New York City, October 16, 2012

★★★★ Two blocks of dazzling, zigzagging brightness went by before first exposure to the full, direct sun. On the sidewalk of 28th Street, groves of potted palms tossed in the wind. The chill blew along the street, toward cut sunflowers, knee-high evergreens, tightly furled banana blossoms. Unprecedented light poured into the office, till everyone with backs to the windows got up and closed the shades, to keep the glare off their screens.