New York City, October 3, 2016

★★★ Late in a heavy gray morning, an unfamiliar blue appeared in the sky. The cords of the blinds cast shadows on the floor. The gray closed over again, yielded, then came partway back. By midafternoon the day was fully bright and the humidity merely softened the air and left a glow floating down the open half-mile of Broadway to Columbus Circle. The air and the light grew clearer, till a rich, clean gold suffused the whole approach of evening, and vivid pink traced the bottoms of the clouds.