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I feel broken.
My spirits were good.
My wife's wound is getting better,
I have been told.

I have been called a "Loner", in the past,
I suspect that is my tendency.
What I am feeling now,
is an extreme loss,
I've never felt it before.

There are people, I can talk to
and I frequently do.
I cannot describe this feeling.
I wish I could.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

What is this person doing? In 2012, an annular eclipse of the Sun was visible over a narrow path that crossed the northern Pacific Ocean and several western US states. In an annular solar eclipse, the Moon is too far from the Earth to block out the entire Sun, leaving the Sun peeking out over the Moon's disk in a ring of fire. To capture this unusual solar event, an industrious photographer drove from Arizona to New Mexico to find just the right vista. After setting up and just as the eclipsed Sun was setting over a ridge about 0.5 kilometers away, a person unknowingly walked right into the shot. Although grateful for the unexpected human element, the photographer never learned the identity of the silhouetted interloper. It appears likely that the person is holding a circular device that would enable them to get their own view of the eclipse. The shot was taken at sunset on 2012 May 20 at 7:36 pm local time from a park near Albuquerque. Next month, on October 14, a different narrow swath across North and South America will be exposed to a different annular solar eclipse, if the sky is clear. Simultaneously, cloud-free observers almost anywhere on either continent will be able to see a partial solar eclipse.

Photo by Colleen Pinski

Standing in the hallway,
when out of the blue,
a lady approached me
and said I know you.

I said, "I don't believe so,"
she said, "I do too,
you worked at Boeing,
where I worked too."

I said, you are mistaken,
but I don't know you."
She said, "You sat next to me".
Not what I wanted to do,

so, I said, "Listen, you have it wrong,
I never worked there; I never did."
She looked at me, saying," Look
Handsome, you are right, you're just a kid."

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

Comet Nishimura is growing. More precisely, the tails C/2023 P1 (Nishimura) are growing as it nears the Sun. Discovered only last month, the comet is already near naked eye brightness as it now moves inside the Earth's orbit. The comet will be nearest the Earth next week, but nearest the Sun the week after -- on September 17. Speculation holds that expelled ice and dust from Comet Nishimura's last visit to the inner Solar System may have created the Sigma Hydrids meteor shower which peaks yearly in December. If so, then this meteor shower may become more active, refreshed with new comet debris. Pictured, Comet Nishimura was captured from Edgewood, New Mexico, USA four nights ago, showing a long ion tail structured by interactions with the Sun's wind. Look for this comet near your eastern horizon just before sunrise for the next few mornings, but very near your western horizon just after sunset next week -- as its coma continues to brighten and its tails continue to grow. Gallery: Selected Comet Nishimura images submitted to APOD

Photo by Peter Kennett

Words keep spilling,
out of my mind.
Should it matter,
if they are unkind?

I'm in love again,
second time in my life.
Rediscovering my
love for my wife.

Looking, I found
old words on the floor.
Words tossed aside,
not to be used anymore.

Words have a shelf life,
almost everyone knows,
there isn't any argument,
no coming to blows.

Old words, quite common,
there's no need to shirk,
when using old words,
don't be surprised, they work.

Old words, new words,
what's that about,
if you don't like them,
go ahead, leave them out.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

Sculpted by stellar winds and radiation, the star factory known as Messier 17 lies some 5,500 light-years away in the nebula-rich constellation Sagittarius. At that distance, this 1/3 degree wide field of view spans over 30 light-years. The sharp composite, color image highlights faint details of the region's gas and dust clouds against a backdrop of central Milky Way stars. Stellar winds and energetic light from hot, massive stars formed from M17's stock of cosmic gas and dust have slowly carved away at the remaining interstellar material, producing the cavernous appearance and undulating shapes. M17 is also known as the Omega Nebula or the Swan Nebula.

Photo by Kim Quick

Bits of matter,
float in the air.
Words disintegrated,
in dis-repair.

Words uttered,
when under stress,
unnecessary to say
would be my guess.

If I tell you tomorrow,
would you say, what?
or would you just,
keep your mouth shut?