Thought process:

Ah enjoying the deck this summer. And the red umbrella is almost completely white from the sun. And I thought about the whitened American flag on the moon. And I wondered if the pattern is stitched on it, so you’d still be able to tell it’s an American flag. And if not and it’s all white, that’d be fitting to represent all of humanity.

Then my wife asked what I wanted for breakfast—screeching rewind—and she burst out laughing seeing my eyes unwind back to reality.