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Category Archives: Summer
Summer Reflections
by IRENE FOWLER, Contributor “When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.”– Franklin D. Roosevelt “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seenor even touched – they must … Continue reading
Word Cloud: FLUTTERBYS
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Summer has filled her veins with light and her heart is washed with noon. – C. Day Lewis We are in deep summer now in the Northern Hemisphere. Summer brings abundance and sunlit hours that give … Continue reading
Posted in Emily Dickinson, Poetry, Summer, Word Cloud
Tagged Flutterbys, Li Po, Matsuo Bashō, Pablo Neruda, Victor Hugo
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BEE: The pedigree of honey
Bee poems by Emily Dickinson The Bee is not afraid of me. I know the Butterfly. The pretty people in the Woods Receive me cordially— The Brooks laugh louder when I come— The Breezes madder play; Wherefore mine eye … Continue reading
Posted in Biology, Emily Dickinson, Poetry, Short Video, Summer
Tagged Apiology, Bee facts, Bees, Bees flight in slow motion, Honey
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On This Day: June 20, 2016
HAPPY SUMMER SOLSTICE! JUNE is Dairy Month in the United States – today is Ice Cream Soda Day It’s also American Eagle Day, International Surfing Day, Ride to Work Day, World Humanist Day, and World Refugee Day INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAYS: Argentina – National Flag … Continue reading
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Tagged International Holidays, On This Day, Summer Solstice
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Word Cloud: SOLSTICE
by Nona Blyth Cloud While Memorial Day has become the unofficial start of summer for Americans, the actual start of the season is the Summer Solstice, which this year begins at 6:34 p.m. EDT on Monday, June 20. I’ve decided … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Summer, Word Cloud
Tagged John Koethe, June, Lynda Hull, Mary Oliver, Sara Teasdale, SOLSTICE, Stacie Cassarino
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