Category Archives: objects
03.32
The following morning the air felt cold. Julia walked to the Archilab alone, Gaia’s words resounding in her head. She told Julia her dream, Gaia was swimming when the asteroid fell and the water left the earth with her
03.31
It may or may not happen, it is as simple as this. There’s no reason to worry because there’s nothing we can do about it, Margherita said, how is the chocolate? Julia and Gaia were eating bread and chocolate and
03.27
Kristen, Gaia and Julia found Margherita in the observatory on the top floor. She was looking at the sky through a large telescope, five times as long as she was tall, held in place by an iron framework. The
03.24
It was murmurs at first, then voices. An asteroid some said pointing to the sky. A month, a week, a name, Margherita. We need to talk to her , Kristen said, leaving with Julia and Gaia for the astronomer’s
03.23
January, 1849. The difference engine is used for the first time to estimate time and hight of tides. August, 1868. In Arica Earthquake engine is lost. Death of inventor and lack of blueprints made construction of another engine impossible.
03.19
New currencies were born every minute, said Mark. In Fiore Island people wrote on pieces of paper what they owed and exchanged them for food or work. Some signed too many papers and people refused them. Others’ were broadly accepted.
03.16
It was January’ Dark Night, Julia and Gaia were sitting on the roof, alone. Kristen was out and the cold kept most indoors. The whole city was dark, to remember the miracle we all are. Above them, the breathtaking
03.14
Michael Fiorello was widely criticized in Coney Island for his cautious attitude. Some thought he did not understand modernity. Then, one day, a house builder on Ostrich Island had no money to pay the workers and found no willing lenders.
03.12
Michael Fiorello saw excitement build up on the wildest ideas and people slowly becoming greedy. His son’s toy train moved towards the end of the track. He raised the cost of money and enforced a bank law restricting lending

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