I spent an hour on my balcony this evening, just sipping a beer, watching the traffic go by, and admiring the lighting on the church down the street. It rained all morning. But when I came out of the medical center at 5 or so, it was perfect outside. The air was cool and had that post-rain smell, and the sky was a bight blue with thin wispy clouds.

So the balcony it was. There were lots of people running by on the sidewalks. More than usual. Sometimes it seems like half of Nashville runs by.

Then the firetruck left from the station, sirens blaring. Soon after, five emergency vehicles went by, in what can only be described as a flying-V formation, with three police cars forming the V, an ambulance in the protected position, and a fire SUV bringing up the rear. Must have been a big accident somewhere down the road.