Moonrise Over the Euphrates

Scott isn't able to report much about the events of last week, but he did write a description of his surroundings one evening.

I watched the moonrise at dusk over the Euphrates. Desolate cliffs in the backdrop and a thin, green strip of life in the middle. Jackasses brayed in the distance. Feral dogs bayed to hypnotic tones of the Muslim call to prayer from so many mosques.