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When resting in this
World, less bright,
repeat your actions,
and make things right.

Worried thoughts,
spin through my head.
My mental status is now
full, complete with dread.

I sat with my wife yesterday,
She slept most of the time.
Must be the Morphine, now,
as I await her slow decline.

Oh, how I hate this,
dreaded time of life.
when I am unable to
hold, my lovely wife.

From out the time
of our days gone by,
now it is this,
a time to cry.

Wherefore has God allowed,
the end of life,
to be a painful time,
full of heartache and strife.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

What's that below the Moon? Jupiter -- and its largest moons. Many skygazers across planet Earth enjoyed the close conjunction of Earth's Moon passing nearly in front of Jupiter in mid-June. The featured image is a single exposure of the event taken from Morón de la Frontera, Spain. The sunlit lunar crescent on the left is overexposed, while the Moon's night side, on the right, is only faintly illuminated by Earthshine. Lined up diagonally below the Moon, left to right, are Jupiter's bright Galilean satellites: Callisto, Ganymede, Io (hard to see as it is very near to Jupiter), and Europa. In fact, Callisto, Ganymede, and Io are larger than Earth's Moon, while Europa is only slightly smaller. NASA's robotic spacecraft Juno is currently orbiting Jupiter and made a close pass near Io only a week ago. If you look up in the night sky tonight, you will again see two of the brightest objects angularly close together -- because tonight is another Moon-Jupiter conjunction.

Photo by Jordi L. Coy

I sit alone, in darkened room,
thoughts a twirl.
Sadness permeates my soul,
in contemplation of discussing,
In Home Hospice, for my lovely
wife of 66 years plus.

My eyes are moist, but not,
outward, by crying.
My emotions are taking over.
I'm tired, exhausted and
saddened by the decision.
I'm about to make.
Not what I wanted to happen,
as Hospice comes with a
sense of finality, in my mind.

It is what is best for her, to
allow healing of open bed sores,
on both hips.
I apologize for burdening you,
with my feelings.
Love to all of you and for all
who are dealing with their
own burdens.

New the day
to you, my love.
Prayers to the
one above.

Be it God
or more is said.
Once you're dead
you're dead.

Why the worry,
why the fear,
of what causes love,
which may not appear.

Into the blue
the rocket roared,
spewing fuel,
the missile soared.

Into space,
destination unknown,
on a journey,
far, far from home.

Gurgling stream,
over stone and limb,
water splashing,
near the shore.
Memories are gone
here no more.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

The Pelican Nebula is slowly being transformed. IC 5070 (the official designation) is divided from the larger North America Nebula by a molecular cloud filled with dark dust. The Pelican, however, receives much study because it is a particularly active mix of star formation and evolving gas clouds. The featured picture was produced in three specific colors -- light emitted by sulfur, hydrogen, and oxygen -- that can help us to better understand these interactions. The light from young energetic stars is slowly transforming the cold gas to hot gas, with the advancing boundary between the two, known as an ionization front, visible in bright orange on the right. Particularly dense tentacles of cold gas remain. Millions of years from now, the Pelican nebula, bounded by dark nebula LDN 935, might no longer be known as the Pelican, as the balance and placement of stars and gas will surely leave something that appears completely different.

Photo by Abe Jones

Trust in God,
I've been told.
Hearing this
has gotten old.

If God shuts a door,
He opens a window.
What kind of blind faith
is that? Not what I know.

If it sounds like,
my faith I've lost,
it's a risk I take,
She has paid the cost.