rantings & ramblings
Happy Summer Solstice! It’s the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere, which means the sun is finally going to listen to our yelling and begin the long, slow walk up to its room, eventually providing us here in the northern hemisphere with the best season of all: Autumn. Summer can suck it!
It’s World Sea Turtle Day! Despite their name, sea turtles spend most of their time in water but tend to stay close to land and navigate the waters using Earth’s magnetic fields. Since sea turtles can live to be 100 years old or more, let’s do our part to ensure they reach a ripe old age.
What’s all the buzz about? Why, it’s World Bee Day! This day was established to “raise awareness of the importance of pollinators, the threats they face and their contribution to sustainable development, with the goal [of strengthening] measures aimed at protecting bees and other pollinators.”
It’s both Astronomy Day and Whisk(e)y Day, so nightfall will be perfect for pouring a glass of whiskey & raising a toast to the stars and the vastness of the universe. Explore the constellations and the complex flavors of your warming beverage as you breathe in & just . . . be.
A song for today:
Great Lakes Awareness Day celebrates the Great Lakes, as well as highlighting the issues they face and efforts to preserve them. Taken together, the five lakes (Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior) make up the largest freshwater body on Earth. Now facing pollution and invasive species, over 140 federal programs support environmental restoration and management of the lakes.
“Keep the Great Lakes Great” is a slogan I could get behind.
It’s World Carnivorous Plant Day! I am privileged to live where the Venus Fly Trap grows naturally, but elsewhere in the world there’s also plants like butterwort, cobra lily, pitcher plant, sundew, monkey cup, and bladderwort. These types of plants typically feed on insects, but beware any plant found during a total eclipse asking you (in song) to feed it . . .
Running In My Head 