“The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who…looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space…on the infinite highway of the air.”
Wilbur Wright
Almost Forgotten: The Marriageable Girls
Often, life in France offered little hope for women. Arranged marriages prevailed, and most women did not have a say in the matter of matrimony, for parental consent was required for women under the age of twenty-five. For poor families that could not offer a dowry, marriage opportunities for the women were bleak.
e.e. cummings
When Stars Begin to Fall – Part Six – The Reckoning
When Stars Begin to Fall – Part Five – A Fork in the Road
When stars Begin to Fall – Part Four – The Marriage
When Stars Begin to Fall – Part Three – The Welcoming
When Stars Begin to Fall – Part Two – A Mother’s Heart
When Stars Begin to Fall – Part 1 – Longings
The Wilderness
In late spring, 1682, amidst the wilderness, his desire for freedom abated like the setting sun. With his recent venture, he recognized the signs of his madness, his longings. He had taken a mistress that kept him from his family, and this wanderlust created havoc within him.
Tales of a Family 