10/13: a moment of sunshine with a friend

Over the years I've gotten to be good friends with one of my colleagues in my department at work. We've had a busy year and our teaching schedules don't mesh well, so we haven't talked much recently, except in passing. But we both went to the same end-of-the-day meeting today and after it we decided to walk to the coffee shop to get some sandwiches for dinner. Although it had been raining earlier in the day, the sun came out and we got to sit, talk, and eat under the green dogwood tree while the setting sun cast its yellow light on us.