The sky swelled and swelled…

I have on my desk, Kate of Broken Window’s “Sky/Map, an Earth Work Diary”.

It is on Indian Burial Mounds. Beautifully presented and filled with beautiful photographs. The entry below the first photograph reads,

The birth of the universe was slow and arduous. The sky swelled and swelled over decades and centuries, as stars were born and died, and born again. Eventually it burst, but not with a loud noise or giant spectacle.

The universe was born slowly, as the sky’s swollen belly let it out with the patience of a rock’s erosion by gentle waves at the bottom of a river.

I’ve not have an opportunity to delve deep into it yet, just having returned from vacation, but I look forward to reading it, which obviously will be a pleasure.

Thanks, Kate. This is special.