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Berthe Morisot - Berthe Marie Pauline Morisot (1841 – 1895) was a French painter and a member of the circle of painters in Paris who became known as the Impressionists. Morisot was married to Eugène Manet, the brother of her friend and colleague Édouard Manet. She was described by art critic Gustave Geffroy in 1894 as one of "les trois grandes dames" (The three great ladies) of Impressionism alongside Marie Bracquemond and Mary Cassatt.

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Am I losing my mind?
Can it possibly be,
I'm losing my grip
on my own sanity?

I am emotional,
when an old song, I hear,
twists my old heart,
as my eyes form a tear.

If love comes to you,
don't push it away.
Savor the feeling,
'til the end of your day.

Love may appear
in many ways,
knowing not what it is,
creates an emotional haze.

Accept willingly, all the love
you receive,
it will be important later,
when you must grieve.

Western the lights,
at the end of the day.
Sun shrouds feelings,
nights, on its way.

Twilight, a great one,
to release or to play.
Stay with me tonight,
please don't go away.

Soft were the rays,
when the East wind blew,
remembrances of my love
for only you.

We all need love,
it's not running away,
when you express love,
but home you will stay.

How much joy
is left in my heart,
after all the disease,
has taken us apart?

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

Comet C/2023 E1 (ATLAS) was just spotted in March, another comet found by the NASA funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System. On July 1 this Comet ATLAS reached perihelion, its closest approach to the Sun. Shortly afterwards the telescopic comet was captured in this frame sporting a pretty greenish coma and faint, narrow ion tail against a background of stars in the far northern constellation Ursa Minor. This comet's closest approach to Earth is still to come though. On August 18 this visitor to the inner Solar System will be a mere 3 light-minutes or so from our fair planet. Based on its inclination to the ecliptic plane and orbital period of about 85 years C/2023 E1 (ATLAS) is considered a Halley-type comet.

Photo by Dan Bartlett

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My life isn't over,
it's barely just begun.
I hope to live some more,
at least to a hundred and one.

Now, I could go tomorrow,
before the rising sun,
but I can't leave yet,
for my Wifes the only one.