... from when he was a very small child mike squinted his face while being photographed, so, with his eyes closed for the flash, this is about as relaxed as i've ever seen him in a picture ... (those of you who know him well will notice the characteristic hand position) ... i don't recall pa as being one for posing, so i've always wondered what thought caused him to suddenly reflect away into another world ... notice the "book of science" set ... on the same wooden shelf were the volumes of the "book of knowledge" and the "grolier encyclopedia" ... almost forty years before the web, and over half century prior to wikipedia and readily at hand ipads and smart phones, when a question was asked in our house it wasn't uncommon for one of us to bump heads with another as we raced to these books for answers ...