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The World lay
in deep aplomb,
concerned about
an Atomic Bomb.

A nuclear war,
might soon come.
Build bomb shelters,
so, you don't succumb.

Stock it with rations
and supplies galore,
by making a run
to your local store.

How many bombs
did they drop?
How many threats
until we say STOP!

I am a positive person
who finds myself in the
depth of depression. Every
place I go I miss my wife's presence.
I'm lost and uncertain if I
want to be found.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

The core of the Milky Way is rising beyond the Chilean mountain-top La Silla Observatory in this deep night skyscape. Seen toward the constellation Sagittarius, our home galaxy's center is flanked on the left, by the European Southern Observatory's New Technology Telescope which pioneered the use of active optics to accurately control the shape of large telescope mirrors. To the right stands the ESO 3.6-meter Telescope, home of the exoplanet hunting HARPS and NIRPS spectrographs. Between them, the galaxy's central bulge is filled with obscuring clouds of interstellar dust, bright stars, clusters, and nebulae. Prominent reddish hydrogen emission from the star-forming Lagoon Nebula, M8, is near center. The Trifid Nebula, M20, combines blue light of a dusty reflection nebula with reddish emission just left of the cosmic Lagoon. Both are popular stops on telescopic tours of the galactic center. The composited image is a stack of separate exposures for ground and sky made in April 2023, all captured consecutively with the same framing and camera equipment.

Photo by José Rodrigues

"Late last year, a series of crises at the world’s biggest iPhone factory — a Foxconn facility in Zhengzhou, central China — underscored Apple’s need to diversify its manufacturing partners. According to one "estimate, the factory’s delays cost Apple $1 billion a week...Apple has since sped up plans to expand in India. Foxconn is in the middle of doubling its workforce in the country ... Now Chinese engineers are flying to India to train the next generation of iPhone builders.  More at Rest of World ➜

Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.

Langston Hughes (1902 – 1967) American Poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, columnist. More

Empires crumble, beliefs ignite, and journeys reshape the world. Batu Khan’s Mongol army storms Kyiv after only eight days; Martin Luther casts a Papal bull into the fire; in Mexico the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe appears to Juan Diego. The Mayflower Pilgrims arrive at Plymouth Harbor while the Treaty of Ghent closes the War of 1812. December, too, carries hope: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. accepts the Nobel Peace Prize, and the first COVID-19 vaccine doses are administered in the United Kingdom, launching a worldwide campaign.

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A resident passed away,
an Angel wept, in sadness.
There is a new resident,
experiencing joy, in Heaven today.

You could hear the grumble,
in all the voices a jumble,
flowed out of the jungle.
Someone outside did mumble,
what is this noise which is a bumble?
Be it proud or so humble,
to stay here, while we crumble,
down the hill, we did tumble,
so, this is where we belong

Build you defenses,
fortify the wall.
Risk not your friendship,
you cannot have it all.

Don't be alarmed
at the words which I write,
as I find myself
lonely at night.

The words aren't an
invitation to a dance,
just a lonesome old man,
not looking for romance.

Someone to talk to,
frequently or occasionally,
a platonic relationship,
between you and me.

Of thee, I often think,
when I sing.
About our life's journey when
I gave you your ring.

So many memories,
this does bring
and it causes,
my heart to sing.