Ellysia

“Wouldn’t it be funny if this night was last time we ever talked to each other?”

reading by the seaside 

Andrew Ridley

Close-Up Of The Helix Nebula, One Of The Closest Planetary Nebula To Earth.

— Kelly Cherry, from “On The Soul,” featured in “When She Named Fire: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry by American Women,”

A stunning sight in every season, Devils Tower National Monument-Official NPS site rises above the rolling grasslands in eastern Wyoming like a sentinel. Northern Plains Tribes have lived and held ceremonies near this remarkable geologic formation for thousands of years. The rock remains of an ancient volcano, the majestic tower was called “Bear’s Lodge” and “Bear’s Tipi” by the Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Crow and Lakota tribes. Made famous in the 1977 movie, “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” the monument holds an undeniable attraction to many people. Photo courtesy of John Steitz.

National Geographic, March  1977