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When the fleas
on the dog,
have nothing to do,
do they sit on a log,

awaiting another
one like you?
Why must we behave
in this way, too?

A partial quote from Gordon Lightfoot,

If I could find
time in a bottle,
here's the first thing,
I would do."

Relive the years,
which I spend with you,
to make you happier,
than before, too.

For you are my love,
I love you more,
than the words of
a song from before.

Please let the words
tumble from my head.
I no longer know if,
I'm alive or am dead.

Too many thoughts
crossing my mind,
most are encouraging,
some are unkind.

Why do I care,
about trivia things?
Is it because of
the exchanging of rings?

I vowed to
honor and obey,
not to stay hidden,
out of the way.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

Just as the Moon goes through phases, Venus' visible sunlit hemisphere waxes and wanes. This sequence of telescopic images illustrates the steady changes for Venus during its recent 2023 apparition as our evening star. Gliding along its interior orbit between Earth and Sun, Venus grows larger during that period because it is approaching planet Earth. Its crescent narrows though, as the inner planet swings closer to our line-of-sight to the Sun. Closest to the Earth-Sun line but passing about 8 degrees south of the Sun, on August 13 Venus reached its (non-judgmental) inferior conjunction. And now Venus shines above the eastern horizon in predawn skies, completing its transition to planet Earth's morning star. On August 21, NASA's Parker Solar Probe completed its sixth gravity assist flyby of Venus, using the encounter to maneuver the probe toward its closest approach yet to the Sun.

Photo by Roberto Ortu

"Thanks to the new Google Kindness Translator, Davie is about to avoid a nasty fight with his roomie Brad. Davie texted into the Kindness Translator on his phone: “If u don’t clean up yr trash tonight, I’m throwing u out.” But the message Brad got was, “Bro wanna do za for dnr?” Problem avoided – well, for the moment anyway"..  More at View from the Bleachers ➜

Great the wind,
flowing down
from mountain pass.
Button up!

It's been such a long time,
it's been a great while,
since I had the opportunity
of seeing you smile.

Your smile, so unique,
a wonderful style,
with your smile and eyes,
you used to beguile.

Please stay with me,
at least for a time,
I need you always,
to stay and be mine.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

Ringed planet Saturn will be at its 2023 opposition, opposite the Sun in Earth's skies, on August 27. While that puts the sixth planet from the Sun at its brightest and well-placed for viewing, its beautiful ring system isn't visible to the unaided eye. Still, this sequence of telescopic images taken a year apart over the last six years follows both Saturn and rings as seen from inner planet Earth. The gas giant's ring plane tilts from most open in 2018 to approaching edge-on in 2023 (top to bottom). That's summer to nearly the autumn equinox for Saturn's northern hemisphere. In the sharp planetary portraits, Saturn's northern hexagon and a large storm system are clearly visible in 2018. In 2023, ice moon Tethys is transiting, casting its shadow across southern hemisphere cloud bands, while Saturn's cold blue south pole is emerging from almost a decade of winter darkness.

Photo by Andy Casely

A river flows through,
broad meadows, green,
a colorful view
of a natural dream.

Water begins coursing
down steep hills serene,
comes the white water,
a kayaker's stream.

Mile after mile,
all the water will be,
as it makes its journey,
back to the broad sea.