Luminous Blue

In the Gila Mountains of New Mexico during monsoon season, the sky is blue in the morning, but always a single white cloud appears and begins to grow.

We’d look up from our work at the diminishing blue every few minutes until the first thunder bolt, and then scatter down the slope, sit low, and wait for the rain to stop.

Then hike back up to work again.

After days of turning, watching and running, the blue became deeper. Luminous.