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Not all superheroes wear capes! Happy birthday, Mummy! Love from Daddy … and the rest of your entire brood!

They danced for nearly forty long years. And we loved them every minute. Happy anniversary, mummy & daddy!

Happy Anniversary, wife! I don’t know how to live without you!

Omnia mors æquat. “Death levels all things.” — Claudianus And so, I take each new day with gratitude.

You turn 34 today! I’ve known you for seventeen of those years. (I’ve known you half your life! :) We’ve been in love, eight. And I’ve been privileged to share my life with you, and walk with you for nearly, six. I cannot imagine life without you. You love crazy movies; (Which you drag me to.) You can engineer anything out of anything. (rain gutters out of old bisleri bottles, window screens out of old packing material.) You fill our home with warmth. (occasionally by burning stuff on the stove, mostly with love and cakes.) You keep me sane. (by reminding me, that all we ever need is love and fresh air.) ...

Chris Riddell, beautifully illustrates Neil Gaiman’s poem on the (feminist) beginnings of science. Here’s Part 1 & there’s Part 2. So wonderfully, beautifully, awsomely done! If you’ve never heard of it before, here’s a reading by Amanda Palmer. — via the ever awesome Maria Popova’s, Brain Pickings post. Update: Amanda Palmer has now, made a beautiful video of the poem! ...