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A faraway look,
appears in her eyes.
One thousand memories,
a thousand sighs.

Remembering the love,
showered upon me,
by my beautiful wife,
I can no longer see.

Alone in my room,
wanting a drink.
The water is dripping
in the kitchen sink.

It's odd or funny,
how a mind works,
in finding a way
to avoid life's quirks.

Look for a reason
or a plausible excuse,
just don't get crazy
talking about a Moose.

The only moose
which comes into mind,
is Bullwinkle Moose
and a Rocket J Squirrel find.

A great day.
A grand event.
talked to my cousin,
who I'd never met.

I will say,
with a smile,
it was if I'd known
her for a long while.

We were not strangers,
She was a friend.
Someone who
helped me to mend.

Thank you, my cousin,
for helping me.
Hoping in the Spring,
You, I will see.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

For a brief moment, this brilliant fireball meteor outshone Jupiter in planet Earth's night. The serendipitous image was captured while hunting meteors under cold Canadian skies with a camera in timelapse mode on December 14, near the peak of the Geminid meteor shower. The Geminid meteor shower, asteroid 3200 Phaethon's annual gift, always arrives in December. Dust shed along the orbit of the mysterious asteroid causes the meteor streaks, as the vaporizing grains plow through our fair planet's upper atmosphere at 22 kilometers per second. Of course Geminid shower meteors appear to radiate from a point in the constellation of the Twins. That's below and left of this frame. With bright Jupiter on the right, also in the December night skyview are the Pleiades and Hyades star clusters.

Photo by Gaurav Singh

Sitting here,
as I wonder,
What happens next?
When life is asunder?

My love is gone.
I do know where.
Now my love,
I cannot share.

I want this to be,
a bad dream,
but it's not.
I want to scream,

Come back to me.
Please do, please do,
for I want to say,
I still love you.

Note to myself,
Let your mind run.
It's been a long while.
I'll be the one,

trying to write words
and further beguile,
all the readers,
who likes my style.

There never will be
enough words to write,
when we are facing
our own life's fight.

Do what you can,
making dreams come true,
for when I write,
I will say, I Love You.

All of you are important,
to me in this life.
I was quite happy,
here with my wife.

I thank all of you,
who have wished me well.
Your kind words are loved,
They make my heart swell.

I love this community,
which I find myself in.
Such a warm feeling,
I know not where to begin.

The words are too many,
the thoughts are too,
as I try to remember,
how much I love you.

You are now missing,
from this life I lead.
You were my life,
you're gone. I must proceed

and go on with life,
when you aren't here,
for I will always be,
in love with you, Dear.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

Yes, but can your aurora do this? First, yes, auroras can look like rainbows even though they are completely different phenomena. Auroras are caused by Sun-created particles being channeled into Earth's atmosphere by Earth's magnetic field, and create colors by exciting atoms at different heights. Conversely, rainbows are created by sunlight backscattering off falling raindrops, and different colors are refracted by slightly different angles. Unfortunately, auroras can’t create waterfalls, but if you plan well and are lucky enough, you can photograph them together. The featured picture is composed of several images taken on the same night last month near the Skógafoss waterfall in Iceland. The planning centered on capturing the central band of our Milky Way galaxy over the picturesque cascade. By luck, a spectacular aurora soon appeared just below the curving arch of the Milky Way. Far in the background, the Pleiades star cluster and the Andromeda galaxy can be found. Your Sky Surprise: What picture did APOD feature on your birthday? (post 1995)

Photo by Stefano Pellegrini

A community in India called Banda has been facing severe water scarcity due to climate change and overuse of resources. Now it has found a way to combat drought by implementing a system of water budgeting to minimize overuse of resources and water waste.  The villagers have reported an increase in crop yields and have been able to maintain a steady supply of water for their daily needs. More at Reasons to be Cheerful ➜