Sleeping under the desert sky
Looking up into the heavens in the desert of eastern Utah is a humbling experience. These skies are the darkest I’ve ever seen. The stars sparkle in the great expanse of space, calling, guiding, laughing, crying.
Looking up it is so easy to see the big dipper pointing right to the north star. The little dipper visible as I’ve never seen before. Where is Orion? The hunter hides tonight, I cannot find his belt. OR there are so many stars visible that he is camouflaged among their brightness.
Waking hours later the moon has risen, it’s milky shine brightening the desert landscape. The Big Dipper has shifted in the night. Time passes Arcturus remains steady, shining brightly.
Sleep comes again easily under the star studded canopy of the heavens. Dawn comes slowly. I awaken rested, seeking out the new day, and new adventures.
