A strange phenomenon happened in Franklin this weekend. Starting at about 11:00am on Friday a strange yellow orb appeared in the sky and stayed there until about supper time. It appeared again on Saturday and Sunday and lasted until about evening each day. Those of us who spend a lot of time outside vaguely remembered seeing this foreign light at times before, but most of us had forgotten it’s existence. The orb was bright and made everything yellow. Some of us even put on tinted glasses to soften it’s effect on our eyes. The orb also made the air dry and warm and pleople like me drove around in it with our roofs off and tops down. Our kids played in the street in flip-flops and we napped on the porch in the afternoons. The orb made everything better and everyone seemed to be enjoying it.

But today things are back to normal. The sky is grey and damp and people are huddled inside the coffee shops warming their hands around mugs full of lattes and americanos. But the memory of the strange orb-in-the-sky and it’s effect still linger in our hearts. We hope it comes back soon.