Trying on the Night Sky

<p>A gosling scrambling up a riverbank. A sudden rainstorm. A hug between two people who not long ago were strangers. <em>Trying on the Night Sky</em> is a book that brings your attention to the little things and opens the mind to all that is vast - nature love the unfolding of a story. </p><p></p><p>As the seasons pass we feel also a romance develop from the awkward shy beginning - <em>deep blush / your eyes linger / on mine </em>- to the comfortable ease of <em>your quiet song / drifting upstairs / the scent of cinnamon. </em></p><p></p><p>A muddy hike an exquisite breakfast a cozy evening - all of it magical. Sometimes the book delves into outright magic as in <em>with a yawn / a tiny fairy opens / cobweb curtains</em>. Other times the magic is implied: <em>negligee / as if dressed / in moonlight. </em>And sometimes magic is entirely ordinary: <em>raspberries / in a white bowl / winter dawn. </em></p><p></p><p>These pages are filled with delight with wonder. For instance: <em>slow / motion / falling / in / love / with / today.</em> But there's a balance to the exuberance a knowledge that each moment is precious here and gone. Perhaps this is felt most keenly at moments of heightened awareness - in the midst of a passionate kiss in the middle of a song: <em>so perfect / I'm afraid / of the last note</em>. </p><p></p><p>This is a book that will make you linger that you won't want to end. </p>