Category Archives: summer

Jun21

we exist together.

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summer solstice 

 longest day

 shortest night

tomorrow

 begins

its slow reversal

enjoy every minute

of today

 

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“humans are vulnerable and rely on the kindnesses of the earth and the sun; we exist together in a sacred field of meaning.”

-joy harjo

*Joy Harjo, (1951) is an internationally renowned poet, musician, playwright, and author. She is a citizen of the Muscogee Nation and made history as the first Native American to serve as the United States Poet Laureate, holding the prestigious position for three terms from 2019 to 2022.

 

 

 

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lake superior, marquette, michigan, usa

Jun21

summer music.

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on the first day of summer and make music day –

when music and summer are one.

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 Make Music Day is a free celebration of music around the world on June 21st. Launched in 1982 in France as the Fête de la Musique, it is now held on the same day in more than 1,000 cities in 120 countries. Make Music returns to Ann Arbor for another wonderful day of music in 2025.

Completely different from a typical music festival, Make Music is open to anyone who wants to take part. Every kind of musician — young and old, amateur and professional, of every musical persuasion — pours onto streets, parks, plazas, and porches to share their music with friends, neighbors, and strangers. All of it is free and open to the public.

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“in summer, the song sings itself.”

― William Carlos Williams

Jul26

the show at day’s end.

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“the sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire.”

-pamela hansford johnson

 

 

 

 

 

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summer on glen lake, empire/glen arbor, michigan, usa

 

 

Jun21

up and down.

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or both.

welcome summer.

coming in hot.

Aug5

that august time.

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“that august time it was delight. to watch the red moons wane to white.”

-algernon charles swinburne

 

 

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image credit: *kevin henkes, ‘kitten’s first full moon’

*one of my fav authors/illustrators of children’s books

Jul2

blind date.

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exploring saginaw forest

 

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“july is a blind date with summer.”

*-hal borland

 

*Harold “Hal” Glen Borland was an American writer, journalist and naturalist. In addition to writing many non-fiction and fiction books about the outdoors, he was a staff writer and editorialist for The New York Times

1900 – 1978

 

 

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summer 2023, ann arbor, michigan, usa

 

Jun21

this is the solstice.

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Midsummer or Estival Solstice is the 1st day of summer when the sun reaches the highest point in the sky.

The term solstice is derived from the Latin words Sol (sun) and Sistere (to stand still) because the sun’s position at noon does not appear to change much during the solstice and the surrounding days, unlike at other times where the Earth’s tilt causes the sun’s path to rise and fall from one day to the next.

 

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“this is the solstice,

the still point of the sun, its cusp and midnight,

the year’s threshold and unlocking,

where the past lets go of and becomes the future;

the place of caught breath, the door of a vanished house left ajar…”

― margaret atwood

Jun13

youth.

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a sure sign –

a bike hurriedly tossed on its side

no doubt someone excited to play

if i had to guess

i’d say there is a child on summer vacation

somewhere nearby.

 

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“youth comes but once in a lifetime.”

-henry wadsworth longfellow

Jun8

forever.

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school’s out. 

 

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“today is the first and last day of forever.”

-stephanie meyer

 

Aug1

august of another summer.

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 “august of another summer,

and once again I am drinking the sun

and the lilies again are spread across the water.”

-mary oliver

 

 

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gallup park, ann arbor, mi, usa – august 2022