Light Thickens

As a former English teacher, I was well-known for loving Shakespeare, whether in book form or live on stage. He was a master of great writing, of course, with towering stories of powerful heroes and villains. But he was also a master of that perfect image, that one detail that really works.

I watched the wintry night falling over the horizon and I thought of one of the greatest tragedies, MACBETH: Light thickens, and the crow makes way to the rooky wood. Never saw a crow that evening, but the scene was set perfectly for one. Light does indeed "thicken."