My talented friend, Berit Ellingsen, told me that today was Buzz Aldrin’s 83rd birthday, and that this reminded her of my microfiction, “Space Man” which was originally published by Keyhole magazine.
Here is the link to the story, now on Fictionaut: Space Man.
Happy birthday, Mr. Aldrin!
Thank you so much, Kathy! 🙂
Always good to see this story, as we are all Space Men and Women in our own rights.
And many happy b-day wishes to Mr. Aldrin!
I heard him on a talk a few years back and he seemed very much a man humbled by the unusual and prosaic events in his life. He struggled for years with alcoholism and we did get the feeling that returning to Earth and suddenly being a celebrity had changed his life in both good and bad ways.
A certain gleam one can see in his eyes the old official NASA pictures hadn’t quite disappeared though.
What a cool experience, Berit! I hadn’t known that about his life, in his post space program days, but I’m happy for the gleam in his eye. I was enthralled as a kid watching the moon landing on television. Exciting times!
🙂