Dragging the trash barrel to the curb, I look up at the night sky, and my current self is instantly tethered to all my past ...

Above the great sheath of stars that defines the ship’s keel is a ragged circle of stars. That’s Vela the Sails, though there ...

The stars came out with imposing clarity—Orion fleeing toward the western horizon, pursued by the dog star, brilliant white Sirius ... was replaced by land-bound constellations of ruby LED ...