A Still Moon and Stars (ePub)
Early Columns, and More
(Sprache: Englisch)
In early March, Michael, my nine-year-old, called me to come outside. From my easy chair
in front of the television, I hesitated. It was late evening and it was chilly out there. My son
came in, took my hand, led me into the backyard and up the steps to...
in front of the television, I hesitated. It was late evening and it was chilly out there. My son
came in, took my hand, led me into the backyard and up the steps to...
Leider schon ausverkauft
eBook
4.99 €
2 DeutschlandCard Punkte sammeln
- Lastschrift, Kreditkarte, Paypal, Rechnung
- Kostenloser tolino webreader
Produktdetails
Produktinformationen zu „A Still Moon and Stars (ePub)“
In early March, Michael, my nine-year-old, called me to come outside. From my easy chair
in front of the television, I hesitated. It was late evening and it was chilly out there. My son
came in, took my hand, led me into the backyard and up the steps to our deck. It was very
dark. I could barely make out Sandi, my wife, bundled in a blanket on a wicker chair. A little
further away, equally enwrapped, sat Jenny. Michael, whom I lost momentarily, had by now
climbed onto a pallet bed covered with blankets and a pillow on the deck floor.
A comforter draped chair awaited me. For a few minutes we spoke about events of the day.
We then moved on to concerns, at the time, pressing. Eventually, we seemed to settle on old
milestones: vacations, reunions, the like. The space between our whispering grew. Soon we
were silent.
I became aware of how the pine trees formed a colonnade around the edge of our backyard;
shadow sentries between us and the canyon below. Above the pines were the stars and a
crescent moon over the Seven Sisters to the east. There were so many stars, so many; and
planets, too, coursing overhead like an hour hand across the Zodiac. We were all still as a
lake, and welcomed the galaxies in.
The universe is an unconquerable mystery, and so are we; both can be so beautiful, so
achingly beautiful: ourselves, the still moon and stars. We try to decipher what few answers
we can about the questions they pose. Not from some noble quest, but simply to know.
Over the past sixteen years, at my best, Ive tried to chronicle the beauty and the questions as
theyve come to me. Mostly, Ive had to be satisfied with the mysteries big and small. And
that is what I write about.
in front of the television, I hesitated. It was late evening and it was chilly out there. My son
came in, took my hand, led me into the backyard and up the steps to our deck. It was very
dark. I could barely make out Sandi, my wife, bundled in a blanket on a wicker chair. A little
further away, equally enwrapped, sat Jenny. Michael, whom I lost momentarily, had by now
climbed onto a pallet bed covered with blankets and a pillow on the deck floor.
A comforter draped chair awaited me. For a few minutes we spoke about events of the day.
We then moved on to concerns, at the time, pressing. Eventually, we seemed to settle on old
milestones: vacations, reunions, the like. The space between our whispering grew. Soon we
were silent.
I became aware of how the pine trees formed a colonnade around the edge of our backyard;
shadow sentries between us and the canyon below. Above the pines were the stars and a
crescent moon over the Seven Sisters to the east. There were so many stars, so many; and
planets, too, coursing overhead like an hour hand across the Zodiac. We were all still as a
lake, and welcomed the galaxies in.
The universe is an unconquerable mystery, and so are we; both can be so beautiful, so
achingly beautiful: ourselves, the still moon and stars. We try to decipher what few answers
we can about the questions they pose. Not from some noble quest, but simply to know.
Over the past sixteen years, at my best, Ive tried to chronicle the beauty and the questions as
theyve come to me. Mostly, Ive had to be satisfied with the mysteries big and small. And
that is what I write about.
Autoren-Porträt von David Rooks
David Lawrence Rooks was born the second of premature twin boys inPhoenix, Arizona in 1956. He spent 10 formative years near there in the
valley towns of Chandler and Tempe, Arizona. He then moved with his
family to his father’s Native land of the Oglala Lakota on the Pine Ridge
Indian Reservation where he graduated high school at Red Cloud Indian
School in 1974.
He attended College at Mount Marty in Yankton, SD on an academic/
athletic scholarship, and later attended Chadron State College in
Chadron, NE. on the GI Bill. He learned life lessons on the oil fields of
Colorado, Utah, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska and
Wyoming. He also served our country with the First Infantry Division at
Fort Riley, Kansas for four years.
Dave has worked at Red Cloud School, and written for several newspapers and magazines, including the
Rapid City Journal where he has been a columnist from 1997 up to the present. In his spare time he has
coached soccer for a decade to young boys and girls across Western South Dakota.
He currently lives in Hot Springs, SD where he and his wife are raising their six children, two cats, a
dog, twelve fi sh, and one black widow spider.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: David Rooks
- 2012, 100 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: WestBow Press
- ISBN-10: 1449772471
- ISBN-13: 9781449772475
- Erscheinungsdatum: 31.10.2012
Abhängig von Bildschirmgröße und eingestellter Schriftgröße kann die Seitenzahl auf Ihrem Lesegerät variieren.
eBook Informationen
- Dateiformat: ePub
- Größe: 0.10 MB
- Mit Kopierschutz
Sprache:
Englisch
Kopierschutz
Dieses eBook können Sie uneingeschränkt auf allen Geräten der tolino Familie lesen. Zum Lesen auf sonstigen eReadern und am PC benötigen Sie eine Adobe ID.
Kommentar zu "A Still Moon and Stars"
0 Gebrauchte Artikel zu „A Still Moon and Stars“
Zustand | Preis | Porto | Zahlung | Verkäufer | Rating |
---|
Schreiben Sie einen Kommentar zu "A Still Moon and Stars".
Kommentar verfassen