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Fairfax, Ohio     August 22, 2014     8:18 pm–9:39 pm     thick air (muggy); sunset with brilliantly lit clouds turning gradually then rapidly to darkness punctuated by flashes from distant fireworks     81 °F (heat index 85–89 °F)     short-sleeve shirt, hiking pants, sandals, bug spray     saw my fan club (adolescent boys) on their bikes on my way to draw—one gave me a high five; all were excited to see me (and I them)     mosquitoes ignoring my repellent until I sprayed on another layer     U-Haul parked nearby, men said hi     woman came out of house to see, warmly     whoosh of traffic on Wooster Pike     cars stopping to fill up     people walking (dogs too); voices (children too)     cicada buzz drowning out crickets     humidity and smudgy glasses made light flare dramatically     quite difficult to see by end