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"Across the life span -- from infancy to the teen years, midlife and old age -- boys and men are more likely to die than girls and women" Read more

Today, after so many years,
I'm giving myself, permission
to grieve, in a manner,
which benefits me.

Tears are powerful
tools and occur when
emotions are torn, to the core.
I won't hide from my sadness,
not anymore.

Branches dancing
in the Spring breeze.
Waving, waving,
waving at me.

Bunch grasses,
blowing, a sway,
on this very
windy Spring Day.

My 55 chevy,
was loaded with gas.
I was aboard to
head over the Pass.

A 286, V-8, the power,
I would speed up,
as I drove
hour after hour.

There are children dying,
in endless wars.
There are children dying,
No Mas, No More

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

What's happening over the water? Pictured here is one of the better images yet recorded of a waterspout, a type of tornado that occurs over water. Waterspouts are spinning columns of rising moist air that typically form over warm water. Waterspouts can be as dangerous as tornadoes and can feature wind speeds over 200 kilometers per hour. Some waterspouts form away from thunderstorms and even during relatively fair weather. Waterspouts may be relatively transparent and initially visible only by an unusual pattern they create on the water. The featured image was taken in 2013 July near Tampa Bay, Florida. The Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida is arguably the most active area in the world for waterspouts, with hundreds forming each year. Your Sky Surprise: What picture did APOD feature on your birthday? (post 1995)

Photo by Joey Mole

Photo shared by Heather Cox Richardson from Letters from an American

When I awake, in the morning,
hearing the World news,
I want to run and hide,
it's what I would choose.

We, as people,
are killers, don't stare,
we will kill others,
with little fan fare.

Another mass shooting,
in another town.
What are the reasons,
for shooting kids down?

The World, we live in,
is hateful, I see.
What has happened
to the Great Society?

No more the killing.
No more the strife.
No more the taking
of another one's life.

I'm losing my love,
a little every day,
her memory fades,
keeps going away.

When I sit with her,
close to my side,
I still see my,
young, lovely bride.

How can I ignore her,
why do I try,
as I see,
more memories die.

She says she love me,
and wants to stay.
Please tell me why,
at night, I run away?

You only live once,
but die a thousand times,
when parents and loved ones,
leave, it's very sad times.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

In visible light NGC 1333 is seen as a reflection nebula, dominated by bluish hues characteristic of starlight reflected by interstellar dust. A mere 1,000 light-years distant toward the heroic constellation Perseus, it lies at the edge of a large, star-forming molecular cloud. This Hubble Space Telescope close-up frames a region just over 1 light-year wide at the estimated distance of NGC 1333. It shows details of the dusty region along with telltale hints of contrasty red emission from Herbig-Haro objects, jets and shocked glowing gas emanating from recently formed stars. In fact, NGC 1333 contains hundreds of stars less than a million years old, most still hidden from optical telescopes by the pervasive stardust. The chaotic environment may be similar to one in which our own Sun formed over 4.5 billion years ago. Hubble's stunning image of the stellar nursery was released to celebrate the 33rd anniversary of the space telescope's launch. Watch: Planet Earth's annual Lyrid Meteor Shower

Bluish-green butterfly
flits through the air,
happiness and joy,
follows you, everywhere.