Tag: Stars

Original Flash Fiction: “Falling Stars”

Do you remember the time we got lost within the nebula? You sneezed cosmic dust for a week and the helium made our voices sound like aliens. I was worried, but you made me laugh and forget. “Oh no, we’re doomed!” You kept saying in that ridiculous, high pitched voice until you laughed as hard ...

Beautiful Celestial Maps from the 1700s

“The Atlas Celeste de Flamsteed” contains early mappings of many well known constellations and stars that we are familiar with today. John Flamsteed was an English astronomer in the late 1600s, who became the first Astronomer Royal under King Charles II. Flamsteed spent his life looking at the heavens and documenting over 3000 stars for ...

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Things I Want Right Now

I’m a dreamer and I like to imagine that I can afford things. Sometimes that dream becomes a reality and I buy things I can’t afford, but when that’s not happening I like to scavenge the internet and nearby novelty shops (like Box Lunch or 2nd & Charles or Half Price Books). Here’s a wish list ...