A boy band in high school sang of a “total eclipse of the heart.” And “The world was wrong,” Annie Dillard quoted in her famous “Eclipse Essay” from the ’70s. But in the recent experience of an eclipse at the center of it all in Southern Illinois, my world was right. On my deck, with my son and husband in the middle-of-nowhere Pond Creek, my heart was full of light. In the hidden area of the country where bootleggers once feuded, I found my treasure in that brief moment of darkness.
Chief Kief
The eclipse is something that doesn’t happen often, a natural beauty. Coming across the beauties in life should be savored as they don’t last long, such as an eclipse.
Zowie
Ruth and I watched from her back yard. We were both in better shape than now.
June
I was in science class, learning about eclipses, when he walked in. Blonde hair, green eyes, perfect pearly white smile. He walks by my desk, not missing the part where he doesn’t spare a look at me, and goes to sit next to his perfect girlfriend. Jealousy consumes me.
paige
oi
eu sou um professor
estou em periodo de ferias
quero ir a algum lugar
nao sei onde ir
talvez na praia?
não não
vou para outro pais, passar duas semanas…
mais qual pais?
sera que em paris?
não
A boy band in high school sang of a “total eclipse of the heart.” And “The world was wrong,” Annie Dillard quoted in her famous “Eclipse Essay” from the ’70s. But in the recent experience of an eclipse at the center of it all in Southern Illinois, my world was right. On my deck, with my son and husband in the middle-of-nowhere Pond Creek, my heart was full of light. In the hidden area of the country where bootleggers once feuded, I found my treasure in that brief moment of darkness.
The eclipse is something that doesn’t happen often, a natural beauty. Coming across the beauties in life should be savored as they don’t last long, such as an eclipse.
Ruth and I watched from her back yard. We were both in better shape than now.
I was in science class, learning about eclipses, when he walked in. Blonde hair, green eyes, perfect pearly white smile. He walks by my desk, not missing the part where he doesn’t spare a look at me, and goes to sit next to his perfect girlfriend. Jealousy consumes me.
oi
eu sou um professor
estou em periodo de ferias
quero ir a algum lugar
nao sei onde ir
talvez na praia?
não não
vou para outro pais, passar duas semanas…
mais qual pais?
sera que em paris?
não