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I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. – Winston Churchill

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Poetry

The Sick Rose

by William Blake

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Dahlias

Attended National Capital Dahlia Society June Meeting

Bought two more, a white “single” and a medium (B) variegated variety. Met more dahlia freaks and got a lot of good tips.
I should have a good crop this year. Almost twenty plants.

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So convenient a thing to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for everything one has a mind to do.  –  Benjamin Franklin

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Truth and sincerity have a certain distinguishing native luster about them which cannot be perfectly counterfeited; they are like fire and flame, that cannot be painted. –  Benjamin Franklin

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If two persons equal in judgment play for a considerable sum, he that loves money most shall lose; his anxiety for the success of the game confounds him. – Benjamin Franklin

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Books

SteamPunk Anthology

steampunkBook caught my eye at the library. Thought it would be cool to learn about Steampunk. I was wrong.
 

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Your daily life is your temple and your religion. When you enter into it take with you your all. – Khalil Gibran