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Only the lonely
walk down the path,
on their life's journey.
Without joy, laughter
and love, Life's burden
may be overpowering.

Another year
of dry weather.
Two years
in a row.
Not a
good thing
in the
Evergreen State.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

Inside the Cocoon Nebula is a newly developing cluster of stars. Cataloged as IC 5146, the beautiful nebula is nearly 15 light-years wide. Climbing high in northern summer night skies, it's located some 4,000 light years away toward the constellation Cygnus the Swan. Like other star forming regions, it stands out in red, glowing, hydrogen gas excited by young, hot stars, and dust-reflected starlight at the edge of an otherwise invisible molecular cloud. In fact, the bright star found near the center of this nebula is likely only a few hundred thousand years old, powering the nebular glow as it clears out a cavity in the molecular cloud's star forming dust and gas. A 29 hour long integration with a small telescope from Ayr, Ontario, Canada resulted in this exceptionally deep color view tracing tantalizing features within and surrounding the dusty stellar nursery.

Photo by David Jenkins

Forgive me, please,
for being a fool
by violating a cardinal rule.
I am sorry for the words said,
for a smart mouth remark,
a relationship now dead.
I am a long way from perfect
and you know it's true.
I'm sorry and am missing you.

No matter the words,
which enter my head,
I write for pleasure,
and not wake the dead.

The dead, a space where
words go to die,
unless they become written,
and I must now try.

I will save those words, I see,
for the enjoyment of others
they're not just for me.

The wayward path,
may be one of love
or a simple distraction,
which a power above
can change an infatuation.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

Lights play around the horizon of this snowy little planet as it drifts through a starry night sky. Of course the little planet is actually planet Earth. Recorded on August 21, the digitally warped, nadir centered panorama covers nearly 360x180 degrees outside the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica. The southernmost research outpost is near the horizon at the top where the light of dawn is approaching after nearly six months of darkness. Along the bottom is the ceremonial pole marker surrounded by the 12 flags of the original signatories of the Antarctic treaty, with a wild display of the aurora australis above.

Photo by Aman Chokshi

For all my friends
who are still here.
I miss your smile
and sharing a cheer.

I cherish our friendship
when having a beer
and wish I were with you,
for another year.

Goodnight, sweet dreams
may your wishes come true,
for I miss you a lot
and I will pray for you too.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

The rugged lunar south polar region lies at the top of this colorful portrait of a last quarter Moon made on August 20. Constructed from video frames and still images taken at Springrange, New South Wales, Australia it also captures a transit of China's Tiangong Space Station. The transit itself was fleeting, taking the space station less than a second to cross the shadowed and sunlit lunar disk. The low Earth orbiting Tiangong is at an altitude of about 400 kilometers, while the Moon is some 400,000 kilometers away. Subtle color differences along the bright lunar surface are revealed in the multiple stacked frames. Not visible to the eye, they indicate real differences in chemical makeup across the lunar surface.

Photo by Lucy Yunxi Hu

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Camano Island, WA

I continue to struggle
to provide new content,
to you the readers.
I will try, with your
blessing, patience
and understanding.
I attempt to return to
simpler times and
write simple thoughts,
about my memories
growing up in this
area. As a note for
a future article.
When I was young,
the Southcenter Mall
was the pastureland
of the Golden Arrow
Dairy. I fished in the
ditch which flowed
into the Duwamish.