alone on the road

a couple nights ago, i drove home after working the library's night shift, in the middle of a snowstorm. on NPR was this spacey, new agey song with strong undercurrents of ancient chinese music. no one else was on the road.

time slowed down, i was floating through this storm in my little car, and it was one of the most serenely beautiful moments i've ever experienced. those sublime and perfect accidents where music matches up with your life in such a way that it feels like a movie soundtrack.

it was right up there with the time timmy and i were driving on country roads in a convertible in the summer, and stumbled onto an enormous cornfield flashing brilliantly with fireflies. i'll admit - enya was playing during that moment, but it was perfect at the time. we kicked back, hardly said a word, and just stared in wonder.

wonderment. is there a better word in the english language?