Me and Husband-man (that's his name, I swear) went to our friend's farm house last night to fix up a roof and have a big ol fire when the sun set. It sounds strenuous, but we made quick work of it, had a couple beers and had music playing.
That night, I was walking back from the bathroom towards the fire, and I could hear a pack of coyotes yipping in the distance and what I think was a moose calling from another direction. I stopped to revel in the moment. I could hear my favorite people talking and laughing by the fire, and the animals in the nearby forest. The weather was perfect-- not windy and just cool enough for the fire to be cozy. And then I looked up.
The stars were insane. We li
