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Pilot, Dutch East Indies. Architect: J.F.L. Blankenberg: photographer unknown, n.d. (NAI Collection / Het Nieuwe Instituut)
Up in a dirty window in a dark room is a star which an old man can see. He looks at it. He can see it. It is the star of the room; an electrical freckle that has fallen out of his head and gotten stuck in the dirt on the window.
He thinks he can steer by that star. He thinks he can use the back of a chair as a ship's wheel to pilot his room through the night.
He says to himself, brave Captain, are you afraid?
Yes, I am afraid; I am not so brave.
Be brave, my Captain.
And all night the old man steers his room through the dark . . .
RussellEdson (1935 - 29 April 2014): The Pilot, from The Intuitive Journey and Other Works, 1976
Blücher sinking in the Drøbak Sound. The German heavy cruiser Blücher listing heavily to port in the Drøbak Sound being hit by cannon fire and torpedoes from the Norwegian coastal fortress Oscarsborg: photographer unknown, April 1940 (National Archives of Norway)
The German heavy cruiser Blücher listing heavily to port in the Drøbak Sound after being hit by cannon fire and torpedoes from the Norwegian coastal fortress Oscarsborg: photographer unknown, April 1940 (National Archives of Norway)
Blücher sinking in the Drøbak Sound: photographer unknown, April 1940 (National Archives of Norway)
During the forced evacuation of Finnmark, Byåsen school is used to house evacuees and as a temporary replacement hospital: photo by Ukjent, c. August 1944 (Municipal Archives of Trondheim)
During the forced evacuation of Finnmark, Byåsen school is used to house evacuees and as a temporary replacement hospital: photo by Ukjent, c. August 1944 (Municipal Archives of Trondheim)