Darting in and out of the trees, it was a valuable way of learning better coordination.

Part of their military training was, in the early days, based on dodging paintball shots. Anyone coming out of the woods with blotches of color on their uniform was considered to have failed that exercise.

But when they sprayed paint in the workshop a few kilometres away, there was a different purpose and the paint was not only meant to hit its target, it had to.

The cars came out gleaming, either restored to their previous glory, or when the color had changed, with a new identity.

Paint is not often seen as having so many purposes….the preparation for war and the restoration of pride in the driveway, being just two of so many more.

Displacement of water.

When you dive into a swimming pool some of the water splashes out over the side.

Your body – no this is not a comment upon your shape or size – needs the space, so the water has to move out of the way.

That’s why concrete is not a good substitute for water in a pool….aaagh!

And, that is also why we need superheroes like NanoParticleMan who can dive right through solid objects.

Especially true if we want to sell solid swimming pools successfully….

A long tunnel led from the building dealing with imagination and ideas to the department of new metal alloys.

Every day Jan Barker walked through this tunnel it was as though it was the first time. The tunnel had been so well designed to create just this experience, for it was though it would help people conjure up more formulas for yet more new alloys.

It worked. Or so the prolific output of the Institute of the New and Significant would imply.

Quotas if they had been used, would have been exceeded monthly, let alone yearly.

The institute was considered the most desirable place to work, and this included jobs like cleaner, waste disposal operative…any position was much valued and found so rewarding by the fortunate person engaged in it.

The director of the institute was also a composer, singer and juggler.

It seems her juggling hobby helped her juggle responsibilities and tasks, moving easily between high technology projects and artistic ventures.

Can you imagine working there?

It was the Florentine designers who had left no detail unpolished, considered and applied.

The result was something that needed nothing added and, to be bettered, had to be something else completely.

At the high table glasses were lined up and filled with a deep red wine, freshly poured as the guests entered.

Two people waved almost invisibly as they caught sight of each other.

Others were being introduced.

Pacts were formed and agreements made.

They could not have made the same lasting and historic decisions in less decorated surroundings.

The world was a few degrees better now. Good progress and great accomplishments.

Adding sugar to the moon.

One day the dark sky revealed a new moon.

In August, big as it was, the moon was nowhere to be seen. That was – unless you looked.

You can be in the main square and see everyone, no-one or just the one.

Up to you.