Marcus AureliusTo the Stoic ForumThe emperor who wrote the Meditations keeps this door.
Leonardo da VinciTo the Dragon’s StudyThe polymath guards the room where the fiction lives.
BeethovenTo the Music Room
Caroline HerschelTo the ObservatoryComet hunter, and the first woman paid for her work in science.
Maria Sibylla MerianTo the Naturalist’s RoomShe painted the metamorphosis of butterflies from life.
The Grand StaircaseUp to the Library
The Far DoorTo the Scriptorium, where the essays are written
The ClockLately in the house: the newest essays
The Star Croft
Marcus Alden Meredith
Welcome to the House of the Starry Nights.
My mother called her house in the country The Star Croft; I called it the House of the Starry Nights. This house carries both names, in her honor.
It is a house of rooms for the things I love: the stars, the living world, music, books, and the long work of writing.
Wander as you like. The portraits will show you the way.
Marcus AureliusTo the Stoic ForumThe emperor who wrote the Meditations keeps this door.
Leonardo da VinciTo the Dragon’s StudyThe polymath guards the room where the fiction lives.
BeethovenTo the Music Room
Caroline HerschelTo the ObservatoryComet hunter, and the first woman paid for her work in science.
Maria Sibylla MerianTo the Naturalist’s RoomShe painted the metamorphosis of butterflies from life.
The Grand StaircaseUp to the Library
The Far DoorTo the Scriptorium, where the essays are written
The ClockLately in the house: the newest essays
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