Entries by elena

Stars

Stars are born in nebulae. Gravitational forces and the perfect conditions come together to create beautiful, shining masses of light. Or something like that. The hobby astronomer explained it as we dropped by for star gazing at the observatory. There they were — four young, precious stars in the center of Orion Nebula. It takes thousands of […]

Symphony of Color and Sound: A Very Short Story

The sky opened up, and it rained. Raindrops of different sizes fell onto leaves, and trees, and roofs, and pipes, and soil, and pavement. They traveled at different speeds — some fell quickly, some slowly. Some were round and full, some long and thin. Some spiraled down, and some gracefully floated. Each made a distinct sound as […]