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At one time in my life,
I was asking my granddaughter to,
quit riding the exercise bike, from the front.
I asked several times. She turned, placing her
hands on her hips and said, "Grandpa, I Quit you."

It was hard not to laugh.
Now I say to her,
"Don't quit on grandpa"
stay with me, when you can,
for without you,
I am just an ordinary man.

Up and about,
in a recovery mode.
I love to track back,
they said, "Stay off the road."

You can't be walking,
without a card.
I said, "What's next?"
"Stay out of my yard."

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

This rock structure is not only surreal -- it's real. Perhaps the reason it's not more famous is that it is smaller than one might guess: the capstone rock overhangs only a few meters. Even so, the King of Wings outcrop, located in New Mexico, USA, is a fascinating example of an unusual type of rock structure called a hoodoo. Hoodoos may form when a layer of hard rock overlays a layer of eroding softer rock. Figuring out the details of incorporating this hoodoo into a night-sky photoshoot took over a year. Besides waiting for a suitably picturesque night behind a sky with few clouds, the foreground had to be artificially lit just right relative to the natural glow of the background. After much planning and waiting, the final shot, featured here, was taken in May 2016. Mimicking the horizontal bar, the background sky features the band of our Milky Way Galaxy stretching overhead.

Photo by Wayne Pinkston (LightCrafter Photography)

I love you.
Words said in the night,
to drive off the fear,
and fight the good fight.

Stay strong is your choice,
to be there when you need,
and avoid the fear,
which comes when you cede.

Sleeping at night,
under the stars,
maybe a realization of,
who you are, Venus or Mars.

Is that important,
not, at this time,
when you are writing
about a very thin dime?

To find a new life,
in this jaded world, ours,
in this adventure's
journey to the stars

Too many lies,
I've heard you say.
Leave me alone,
please go away.

You need to step up.
Act like a man.
Wipe away your tears.
Start anew, you can.

You're hard to be around,
with negative ways,
of reliving a life,
which is gone away.

You must start again.
Starting it now.
It will be hard but,
please make a vow.

Please explain to me,
what is life all about.
Born in a whisper,
then on our way out.

Life is too short,
people will say,
but they do nothing,
except get in the way.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

Have you seen a panorama from another world lately? Assembled from high-resolution scans of the original film frames, this one sweeps across the magnificent desolation of the Apollo 11 landing site on the Moon's Sea of Tranquility. The images were taken 55 years ago by Neil Armstrong looking out his window on the Eagle Lunar Module shortly after the July 20, 1969 landing. The frame at the far left (AS11-37-5449) is the first picture taken by a person on another world. Thruster nozzles can be seen in the foreground on the left (toward the south), while at the right (west), the shadow of the Eagle is visible. For scale, the large, shallow crater on the right has a diameter of about 12 meters. Frames taken from the Lunar Module windows about an hour and a half after landing, before walking on the lunar surface, were intended to document the landing site in case an early departure was necessary.

Once upon a time
there was a man,
who thought he would,
live forever.

Forever, is not quantifiable,
therefore, it was not ad infinitum.
What once was a lifetime,
becomes short when you are told,
you have three to four months to live.

A hard reality, yet it now is my destiny
to fight this Stage 4, Pancreatic cancer,
with all means, positive attitude, support
and most importantly, not tire and quit.
I will not go gently into the good night.

A seduction,
may occur,
when the mind is ready,
and if the body is pure.

Words, well written,
are sweet as honey,
if said in the moment,
you may be in the money.