Fog and ground stars

Strange phenomena of Appalachia

Fog melting off in the morning sunshine. Photo credit: Johanna Haas

On spring mornings, I would awake to a dark, gray day with fog that sat loosely all over the ground. I would walk to the bus stop, peering through the fog at neighbors’ houses, which suddenly looked sinister. Of course, being a teenager, I refused to go to the bus stop nearest to my house. I had to walk across town to the bus stop that had the most friends at it. By the time…