In the night sky, the stars form patterns of mythical shapes and twisting outlines, like a jeweled crown of thorns, with points of Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, Sirius, and Venus. As the stars and constellations move across the night sky’s darkness, the starry crown twists and turn and forms a ladder leading us into the depths […]
Madrid, Spain 1793: The chill of the night air was thick with the sweet smell of burning wood, smoky leaves, and the familiar aroma of roasted vegetables, black pork, and paella, which hung in the air like a veiled fog in the Spanish autumn evening. The stars cut through the night sky, revealed their beauty, not […]
Northern France, World War I, 1917 Ralph Vaughan Williams finally woke up out of his early morning slumber after a restless night as it was the chill and the dampness of the place, along with the sounds of gunfire punctuating the French night that kept his body and soul at unease. Vaughan Williams briskly stood […]