OSCAR CAINER

It’s more than a week since the Eclipse arrived to brighten, ahem, darken our skies. It would be wonderful to hear how it affected you, especially if you were one of the lucky people who saw it. I had planned to view it in the Blue Ridge Mountains in the U.s. with an old friend. We chose this location so we could experience the awe of nature as the sky darkened, hear the birds fall silent and see magical twilight envelop the mountains. But it didn’t all go exactly to plan!