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Gleanings From Living Long
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Category: Astronomy
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Simple. A little planet in a grand and glorious galaxy in an unimaginable universe. Our little rock is spinning on its axis, rotating around our star, the sun, which is rotating in the galaxy, which is traveling in the universe, with other galaxies and planets and stars. We've learned so much…
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We Are all Humans – wonderfully diverse – who emerged from the same continent. The differences, Asian, Indian, Eskimo, Indigenous, so called Whites, Blacks – are just labels – tags – meaningless. All Human life on the planet emerged from the continent now called Africa. People dispersed to all parts…
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Social distancing not required… Cat (DJ) and Armadillo, the Moon and Venus, Two Butterflies, Cat (Lucy) kisses Gator, Two Web-footed friends, Five Turtles! All Safe.
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When you have peaceful, cooperative cities that are unfortified: no walls or fortresses – that have not developed weapons of death: there was no need for those things, as their neighbors were friendly – and violent warring tribes from the surrounding arid lands invade and destroy everything in their path, installing their vengeful, jealous…
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The American Experiment has never lived up to its promise of self-government and Liberty and Justice for All. From the start it was non-inclusive, predatory and rigged in favor of the "ruling class", the so called "people". But this doesn't mean that a course correction wouldn't change things for the better. America,…
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Through the trees… June 17th Full moon! ©Laine Quinn 2019
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Disney = long lines and sore feet and exhaustion! BUT… the Avatar ride in Pandora was worth it all! You are gliding on a Banshee through the Fantastic Pandora landscape, even though you never leave your seat, you duck and lean to avoid hitting branches and arches and going into the ocean! WILD!…
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Many years ago I began a novel by Zora Neale Hurston and couldn't find the rhythm of her words and abandoned the effort. About a month ago I picked up her autobiography, "Dust Tracks on a Road" at our local Library and was blown away. Here is a writer with an understanding of…
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The brightest moon went dark last night… © Laine Quinn, Eclipse, January 20th, 2019. St. Augustine Florida
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This is nothing like watching the Moon rising over the ocean in person, but it's all I got! It was truly breathtaking!
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