Crosswalks to Nowhere

Actually, this is a "just-past" Harvest Moon, which was a couple days ago.

The Harvest Moon is the full moon nearest the Autumnal Equinox. The story goes that the brightness of the moon would allow farmers to harvest their fields through the night.

With tonight's winds and clouds, it just looks plain spooky.

...actually, it wasn't that late. It was around 8:00 pm this evening.

I took this shot from the parking lot at my office. I adjusted the lighting a bit and it came up a little eerie.

This is a nice little song from Marisa Monte's 1991 album Mais. "Diariamente" runs down a list of everyday things, set to a simple acoustic guitar.

I bought this CD just before my daughter Becca was born, and this was one of the songs that I used to play for her when she got fussy. It seemed to work back then. :)

Here are the lyrics in Portuguese so you can sing along, and as they appeared in the English translation on the American pressing of the album, which will help the video make sense.

Diariamente

(Nando Reis)

Para calar a boca: ricino

Para lavar a roupa: Omo

Para viagem longa: jato

Para difíceis contas: calculadora

Para o pneu na lona: jacaré

Para a pantalona: nesga

Para pular a onda: litoral

Para lápis ter ponta: apontador

Para o Pará e o Amazonas: Látex

Para parar na Pamplona: Assis

Para trazer à tona: homem-rà

Para a melhor azeitona: Ibéria

Para o presente da noiva: marzipà

Para Adidas o Conga: Nacional

Para o Outono a folha: exclusão

Para embaixo da sombra: guarda-sol

Para toda as coisas: dicionário

Para que fiquem prontas: paciência

Para dormir a fronha: madrigal

Para brincar na gangorra: dois

Para fazer uma toca: bobs

Para beber uma Coca: drops

Para ferver uma sopa: graus

Para a luz lá na roça: 220 volts

Para vigias em ronda: café

Para limpar a lousa: apagador

Para o beijo da moça: paladar

Para uma voz muito rouca: hortelã

Para a cor roxa: ataúde

Para a galocha: verlon

Para ser moda: melancia

Para abrir a rosa: temporada

Para aumentar a vitrola: Sábado

Para a cama de mola: hóspede

Para trancar bem a porta: cadeado

Para que serve a calota: Volkswagen

Para quem não acorda: balde

Para a letra torta: pauta

Para parecer mais nova: Avon

Para os dias de prova: amnésia

Para estourar pipoca: barulho

Para quem se afoga: isopor

Para levar na escola: condução

Para os dias de folga: namorado

Para o automóvel que capota: guincho

Para fechar uma aposta: paraninfo

Para quem se comporta: brinde

Para a mulher que aborta: repouso

Para saber a resposta: vide-o-verso

Para escolher a compota: Jundiaí

Para a menina que engorda: hipofagi

Para a comida das orcas: krill

Para o telefone que toca

Para a água lá na poça

Para a mesa que vai ser posta

Para você o que você gosta: diariamente

For shutting up: mouth wash

For washing clothes: Tide

For a long trip: a jet

For difficult sums: a calculator

For a flat tire: a jack

For a pair of trousers: a patch

To leap over the wave: shoreline

For a pencil to have a point: sharpener

For Para and Amazonas: latex

To end up at Pamplona: Assisi

To bring to the surface: frogman

For the best olives: Iberia

To give to the bride: marzipan

For Adidas the Conga we make

Autumn to the leaf: left out

To use in the shade: parasol

For all things: a dictionary

For things to get done: patience

To sleep under sheets: madrigal

To play on a seesaw: two

To put your hair up: curlers

To drink a Coke: soda pop

To boil a soup: degrees

For the lights in the country: 220 volts

For the watchman on his rounds: coffee

To clean the blackboard: an eraser

For the young girl's kiss: flavor

For a very hoarse voice: peppermint

For the color purple: a coffin

For rubbers: vulcanize

To keep up with fashion: a melon

For the rose to bloom: a season

To turn up the record player: Saturday

For the box spring mattress: houseguests

To shut the door tight: a lock

What's the hubcap for: Volkswagen

For someone who won't wake up: a pail

For crooked writing: lines on the page

To look new again: Avon

For the day of the exam: amnesia

To pop popcorn: noise

For someone who's drowning: styrofoam

To take us to school: transportation

For days off: a boyfriend

For a car that turns over: a towtruck

To secure a bet: a sponsor

For someone who behaves: a treat

For a woman after an abortion: rest

To find out the answer: see the back

To choose your preserves: Jundiai

For the girl who gets fat: diet pills

To feed the killer whales: plankton

For the phone that rings

For the water in the well

For the table that's about to be set

For you what you like: everyday