A L O H A !
" I walk without flinching
through the burning cathedral
of the summer.
My bank of wild grass
is majestic
and full of music.
It is a fire that solitude
presses against my lips. "
Violette Leduc
" When from our better selves
we have too long been parted
by the hurrying world,
and droop -
Sick of its business,
of its pleasures tired,
how gracious, how benign
is solitude. "
William Wordsworth
" Hey!
It's summer!
Be free and happy
and danceful
and uninhibited
and now-y! "
Terri Guillemets
" Oh, the summer night
Has a smile of light
And she sits
on a sapphire throne. "
Barry Cornwall
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There is one kitchen tool
I reach for again
and again:
The Humble Strap Wrench.
Gripping that jar,
twisting the cemented lid off,
showing it who's boss!
Give me a strap wrench
and a place to stand. . .
Well, you get the idea.
Why,
you might even use it
to change the oil filter
on your car,
Imagine!
See one very like mine:
Lovely to See You Again,
My Friend!
cloudia