Gradations of Gray

This has always been my belief, and last night I read the below paragraph that sums it up nicely.  Perhaps this is why I have always enjoyed Jodi's books, she writes in gray.

"It's easy to say you will do what's right and shun what's wrong, but when you get close enough to any given situation, you realize that there is no black or white.  There are gradations of gray."

-- Jodi Picoult, The Storyteller

Sleepy Morn

Foggy, humid, damp, cool -- morning.  The hum of the crickets permeates the background, while an occasional bird chirps in the distance.  Quiet, still, silent, motionless.  Nature has slept in this sleepy morn.  The dew, the sand dust in her eyes.

C.C. Franklin