I can see clearly now ... but how much longer?

[UPDATE]: Much too late, I realized that I forgot to insert a reference to the great Johnny Nash song that prompted the title of this posting.

Hum it if you like ... I can tell you that I certainly was while writing the essay.

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Sitting in my favorite living room chair, I have a superb view of Mt. Rainier.  Well, I suppose I should say something at this point about how the cloudy grayness of the western Washington winter obscures it for months on end, but as it happens the overcast briefly lifted this afternoon ... I can report with great confidence that Mt. Rainier is still there.  I always marvel at the great peak’s immensity, looking like you can reach out and touch it even though it’s some 75 miles away from Seattle.

Recently, my view of Rainier got even better.  A couple of weeks ago, I glanced up just as the top few feet of a tree standing half a block away, a tree that partially covered the eastern (left) edge of my Rainier vista, began falling to the ground.  Within minutes, the tree service had taken down the entire tree, right down to the ground.  Come spring, come clear weather, I’ll look out on a more spectacular view of the mountain than I already had.

Or maybe not…

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