OSCAR CAINER

My experience of the eclipse last week didn’t quite go to plan. As the world gazed at the ring of fire, i was staring in the other direction, at a different blackness, dealing with a virulent tummy bug! i thought i’d miss the spectacular cosmic event, but at the crucial moment, my fellow star-gazers rallied around me. risking life and lunch, they brought me outside to view the totality. As incredible a sight as it was, it was their compassion that touched me the most.