And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God...
I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood and fire, and vapour of smoke...
...before that great and notable day of the Lord come...
And to my *beloved would-have-been 'sister city' of Portland, Oregon no less...
...and withal eerily reminiscent of the reddish skies we here in Aotearoa-New Zealand, and in my hometown of Dunedin, no less, experienced over the past summer, on the very morning of New Years Day, 2020 in point of fact...
I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood and fire, and vapour of smoke...
...before that great and notable day of the Lord come...
And to my *beloved would-have-been 'sister city' of Portland, Oregon no less...
...and withal eerily reminiscent of the reddish skies we here in Aotearoa-New Zealand, and in my hometown of Dunedin, no less, experienced over the past summer, on the very morning of New Years Day, 2020 in point of fact...
*Yes, as I've often ruefully reflected in years and even decades since leaving America in mid-1995, Portland (as in Oregon rather than Maine) was far and away my personal pick of the (larger) city I'd have been more than at home moving to and living in, as I indeed did for awhile (two-three months) in late 1992.
Incredibly and unbelievably it now (as of today or yesterday or whenever) 'boasts' the unenviable distinction of having the world's most polluted air...
...though come to think of it, like its 'sister city' Seattle in Oregon's state neighbour to the north, Washington, back around 1980 following the eruption of Mount St Helens it perhaps likewise had some fairly marginal air quality...
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