It was in the gloaming of a hot July evening. I was dressed in jeans, an Elvis t-shirt, and farm boots, cleaning weeds near the stream that runs under our driveway.
A bristling wind suddenly lifted the leaves, and I looked up to see the skies darkening further. I called to the dogs.
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