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"What comes to mind when you think of space? Imagine a friend boasting about a spacious building, stadium or museum they recently visited. Do you envision the building as vast and expansive? Is it simply very large, or does it seem empty?" More at The Conversation ➜

Shimmering, lights the path,
through the garden dark.
Moon beams, light the way,
making the path less stark.

Now, as we approach,
the summers end,
autumns on its way,
the Solstice will begin.

I realize my days are numbered.
I know it very well,
not looking for empathy,
on my perditions road to hell.

I need to have support,
but also need my time,
so, I can do my thing,
and avoid doing a whine.

Oh woe is me, was said,
to many, one and all,
but I will not bury my thoughts,
for all of us will fall.

I have been told,
from every broken heart,
a rainbow will appear,
to brighten your daily start.

I'm just an old guy,
going to have his last chance.
It's ok, I understand,
this will be life's final dance.

When the world,
is beating at your door.
When you are at the stage,
where you don't care anymore,

you need to strengthen
your personal defense,
arranging your own time,
to improve and get off the fence.

You must fight,
for it is not a sin,
but you must fight,
if you are going to win.

It's a philosophy of life.
it's needed every day
You must always fight,
or you may go away.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

Nine days ago, two quite different sky icons were imaged rising together. Specifically, Earth's Moon shared the eastern sky with the sister stars of the Pleiades cluster, as viewed from Alberta, Canada. Astronomical images of the well-known Pleiades often show the star cluster's alluring blue reflection nebulas, but here they are washed-out by the orange moonrise sky. The half-lit Moon, known as a quarter moon, is overexposed, although the outline of the dim lunar night side can be seen by illuminating earthshine, light first reflected from the Earth. The featured image is a composite of eight successive exposures with brightnesses adjusted to match what the human eye would see. The Moon passes nearly -- or directly -- in front of the Pleaides once a month.

Photo by Alan Dyer, TWAN

An early morning rising,
to go and fish the Still*,
a northern river, with steelhead,
to land one is a thrill.

I have fished this way,
on many a winter day.
Hoping to get a strike,
with my first cast away.

*Stillaguamish, a river by Monroe

Oktober fest, will soon be here,
when Nature's bounty will be reaped.
Wheat, potatoes, squash and beans,
will be our winter's treat.

Well before food was canned,
salt was a natural preservative way,
to keep food from spoiling.
The process is still used today.

I look forward to the harvest,
of all of Nature's fare,
for it will be our food supply,
and the food we must prepare.

Running across the meadow,
grass up to my knees,
when I realized, rattlesnakes,
like the meadow breeze.

Out of sight, from perdition,
which soared the early sky,
for I am in the grass, a snake,
awaiting my passing by.

I jumped, up in the air,
my feet never touching down,
going another yard or so,
before they touched the ground.

Are these my last days of summer,
as we approach the autumn days,
or in the other world, fall.
If it is I will catch my last sunny rays.