Last in my post-apocalyptic tweet triptych, a brilliant piece of literature: Yōko Tawada’s The Emissary (US)/Last Children of Tokyo (UK) is about living in a secluded post-catastrophic Japan where old people grow even older & their young great-grandchildren suffer from sickness.

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2. Musakhan Dadeshkeliani with members of the village council. 1929.
3. Grandmother with grandchildren in village. 1929.
4. Guards of the monastery of St. Kvirike and St. Ivlita (Lagurka Church) in

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THE MERMAN KING. Had six mermaid princesses as grandchildren. His mother wore 12 oysters on her tail, a sign of nobility. Living flowers grew out of the walls of his palace & fish swam in through open windows and ate out of his hands. The Mermaid, ill Dulac, 1911

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Grandma Noomi Junstrand turns 80 years old and in Junstrand tradition all her children and grandchildren are all boys

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still waiting for someone to wife her up btw
I want grandchildren

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The New Creative Cafe Frappe Drink Maker from RoseArt made a huge impression with my grandchildren. Spring is coming and they can make their own right at home! https://t.co/C6omkCgv33

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The rap battle that was heard round the world. Yung Dab vs. Gladys will be a story I'll tell to my children and grandchildren.

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My grandad's brother left Scotland for NZ in the 20s. His grandchildren asked why I thought he left, I said to look at photos of farming from then and see the long hours and back breaking work that it was. Photos are a invaluable link to the past for me,these are from a bit later

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Another entry from Bert's journal;
setting off to find the good
Mistress's stolen grandchildren!

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Tomorrow February 22, 1-3 pm - Explore the science of communication with your kids and grandchildren at the New Bedford Science Cafe Kids event "Sounds of the Ocean"! Free hands on learning and fun at the Whaling Museum! https://t.co/OFnxtYSMla

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Quiet, well educated family woman. Looking for a man who is comfortable with children (I have 367 children, grandchildren and great grandchildren through my first marriage). Catholic, but tolerant of protestants.

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Happy !
I can’t wait until episode 400 and they all have grandchildren who have also died 50 times each.

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"Your grandchildren is so cute…!You are not cute, though!"
"You always say one word too many,PECK!!"

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Me: expects them to fall into each other's arms, 'Love in the Time of Cholera'-style

Yushu: invites Kehua over to dinner with her husband Luzhi and children and grandchildren

Them: back at St. Johns in Shanghai.
Cheng Yushu's collected poems - which won the Lu Xun Prize. 15/

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my half vampire baby, only 9 years old. He ages very slowly so by the time he reaches his final growth my granchildrens grandchildren will probably be alive. He has cute droopy eyes.

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Heinrich Heine, born December 13, 1797.

"The future smells of Russian leather, of blood, of godlessness and of much whipping. I advise our grandchildren to come into the world with very thick skin on their backs."

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My Ivae and her brother Irabyn are the grandchildren of an evil Aledias, fleeing from their “destiny” to serve her. This pic symbolizes the twin’s feelings that Aledias is always with them, waiting for one wrong move before they are with her forever.

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Betty bell just ready to feed her grandchildren

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Mrs. Cassatt Reading to Her Grandchildren (1880) by Mary Cassatt (1824-1926) (Courtesy of https://t.co/92af0JD273) https://t.co/sX44CawXLZ

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