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The Milky Way just becoming visible through the twilight with a burn-scarred tree in the foreground being light-painted by a passing truck. The red trail of a passing aircraft can be seen at the lower left of the photo.

I grew up in Wisconsin. I worked with computers for 37 years and am now retired and living in California. I paint with oils and I do a little, amateur photography and, occasionally, I write light, science fiction stories. I use the pen name, "C. Meton," for my writing, I sign my art with the initials, "CLM," and I sign my photographs with the name, "Stephen Daddona." If no one were to tell you, you might never know that I am the emissary for the Supreme Commander of the Quazmaloid Expeditionary Force. The Quazmaloids are an extra-terrestrial, beetle-like species of space-faring warriors with extraordinary techology and immeasurable power. Their scout ships are the size of a sewing thimble and they carry a crew of six, but they have...