The Universal Archive

This painting is part of a series the artist made depicting the "Loves of Jupiter." Ganymede is a beautiful youth, nude except for a flowing red cloth. He is being carried aloft by a massive eagle, who is Zeus in disguise. The painting captures a moment of gentle surrender and almost dreamy sensu...

I loved kids.
Especially toddlers.
Thinking back to my first baby, I did mine and his first "Blast off".
Pretty simple I guess.
Just count down from 3 to 1, yell Blast Off!
and pick him up and twist him around in the air a bit and occasionally "get" his belly.
The screams of laughter were addictive to me as much as him.
I did this with all my kids and it grew to all the nieces and nephews and friends.
At one point there were 7 kids lined up to blast off.
Made for a long night of laughing litt...

CHILDREN OF MEMORY
ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY
PART 1

THE ANCIENT MARINER

The Ark Age

Long ago







1.1

Not with a whimper, but a bang.

The ship had shot Heorest Holt full of all the right drugs to ensure a peaceful re-entry to life, but he hadn’t been ready for what sounded like the end of the world. It had only been a subjective moment since they’d all been gathered in Command, discussing the target, celebrating their success.

Esi Arbandir, their chatty classicist, had even brewed up somethi...

A sleuth like Pinkerton or Burns Is told that there has been a crime. He runs down clues and leads, and learns Who did the deed, in course of time. It's just the other way with me: The first thing I am sure of is The criminal's identity, And then I learn what crime was his. When Son comes up with hanging head And smiles a certain kind of smile, When he's affectionate instead Of playful; when he stalls awhile And starts to speak and stops again, Or, squirming like a mouse that's caught, Assert...