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It is Friday.
But not just any Friday, no siree! It is the Friday before the Out of This World Mini-Challenge, hosted by yours truly as a part of the tribute challenge (Dewey’s Books Challenge) that Chris and Robin are hosting for our beloved Dewey, community-developing blogger extraordinaire, who passed away in November. The blogging world at large did not know that Dewey was very ill and in a great deal of pain. You wouldn’t have been able to guess by the things she posted and the many and varied community building activities that she hosted through her site. She was an amazing woman, and many of you were very close to her. I am honored to be able to host this mini-challenge as a remembrance of Dewey and most especially for those who feel the loss so strongly. I personally know the strong bonds of friendship that can be formed in this community and how the sudden loss of one of those bonds can be devastating. Whether you knew Dewey or not, I hope you will take a moment as you participate in this fun, science fiction short story challenge over the weekend, to say a prayer for Dewey’s family, who suffered the greatest loss and have the biggest burden–to soldier on in this world without wife and mother to comfort and to hold. This is for you as well.
As this is Friday I did not want to let the opportunity pass without showing some great art, and what greater art is there than the universe itself…or at least the enhanced views of the universe. So, throughout this post you will see out of this world images as well. All images come from the European Homepage for the NASA/ESU Hubble Space Telescope site. This site contains page after page of high definition images already set up for desktop wallpaper.
And now, on with the show!
