'Space'

"He had read of 'Space': at the back of his thinking for years had lurked the dismal fancy of the black, cold vacuity, the utter deadness, which was supposed to separate the worlds. He had not known how much it affected him till now - now that the very name 'Space' seemed a blasphemous libel for this empryean ocean of radiance in which they swam. He could not call it 'dead'; he felt life pouring into him from it every moment. How indeed should it be otherwise, since out of this ocean all the worlds and all their life had come? He had thought it barren: he now saw that it was the womb of worlds, whose blazing and innumerable offspring looked down nightly even upon the earth with so many eyes - and here, with how many more! No: Space was the wrong name."                Out of the Silent Planet - C.S. Lewis



The Triangulum Emission Garren Nebula

A "star nursery"

One of NASA's most famous images, "Pillars of Creation" - in the Eagle Nebula

In these regions the formations of gas, dust, and other materials "clump" together to form larger masses, which attract more matter, and eventually will become massive enough to form stars. The remaining materials are then believed to form planets and other planetary system objects.

Well Red

Oh, how I have fallen in love with Well Red, the ladies book club that I am a part of. Working full time and having classes 3 nights a week means I have very little time for fellowship. Our once-a-month book club meetings bring me joy and life!

First of all, the club is called Well Red due to the amount of red wine that we consume during our meetings. Eating fancy finger foods, drinking wine, and discussing a good book with wise and wonderful women is definitely one of my favorite things. In February, we read Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier - a classic book that starts out slow but leaves you wide-eyed and aghast at the end. In March, we read Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis - a galactic fantasy that blows your mind and makes you question a lot of things you once assumed about God, the Earth, humans, and sin. I'm looking forward to re-reading Persuasion by Jane Austen for April. Books gain so much more meaning and emphasis when you get to discuss them with others!

At our last meeting, only a few of us could make it, but we ended up staying and talking for 5 hours! Since this is some of the only community that I get all week, I just soak it up! Thankfully, my second part-time job is almost over, so I will hopefully have a little more time to invest in friendships. I can't even remember the last time I got to just "hang out". I am so ready for some time to breathe!

Quote of the month for February:

"I wondered how many people there were in the world who suffered, and continued to suffer, because they could not break out from their own web of shyness and reserve, and to their blindness and folly built up a great distorted wall in front of them that hid the truth." – Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

Quote of the month for March:

“And I say also this. I do not think the forest would be so bright, nor the water so warm, nor love so sweet, if there were no danger in the lakes.” Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis