"These opaque clouds of interstellar dust  and gas are so large they might be able to form stars." If our bodies turn into dust, and these groups of celestial grains can turn into stars, then my my, the world is much more spectacular than I thought. 

Dear friend, I imagine us at 3:03.  I picture this is what it would be like to see you again.

1st photo by Dr. Travis Rector

illustration by Michael DeForge

This reminds me of running around with bunches of plantains in the summer rain. Our heavy breathing and the surrounding moisture made days almost unbearable, but somehow we pushed past  everything including that unwavering glare against our Othered presence and arrived in our beds with just snippets of months of daylight to fill our heads.

photo from nonclickableitem

BY Tad Carpenter

PUT A BIRD ON IT BY BRyAN COUCHMAN

catcopter by Bart Jansen
images by Reuters

Yay yay it's done!