August 14, 2003

The power had been out since four and, being there was nothing else to do in the house, I decided to grab a flashlight and follow my curiosity down to the lake, hoping to see the stars freed from the dimness we city-folk accept as dark . . . and Mars, of course, which had been in the news for a week, the nearest to Earth it had been in the last 60,000 years, a little orange dot dancing through the trees as I walked along the shore, hanging over the dark downtown, brighter even than the aircraft warning lights, higher than the towers.

Inspired by the anniversary of the 2003 Blackout and maybe a bit by the 1990 Blackout. Photo by Lucas Oleniuk for the Toronto Star.