June

 

 

In early June 

the world of leaf and blade and flowers explodes, 

and every sunset is different

Summer

 If June was the beginning of a hopeful summer, and July the juice middle, August was suddenly feeling like the bitter end.

Summertime. It was a song. It was a season. I wondered if that season would ever live inside of me

Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August

What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness

And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer

June

 

• “June is the pearl of summer, shining with warmth and joy.” —L.M. Montgomery
• “And since all this loveliness can not be Heaven, I know in my heart it is June.” —Abba Louisa Goold Woolson
• “June is the gateway to summer.” —Jean Hersey
• “June is a love song written by nature.” —Patience Strong

• “There are two seasons when the leaves are in their glory, their green and perfect youth in June and their ripe old age.” —Henry David Thoreau
• “If a June night could talk, it would probably boast it invented romance.” —Bernard Williams
• “Spring being a tough act to follow, God created June.” —Al Bernstein

•  “June has never looked more beautiful than she does now, unadorned and honest, vulnerable yet invincible.” —Marie Lu
• “At midnight, in the month of June, I stand beneath the mystic moon.” —Edgar Allan Poe
• “In early June the world of leaf and blade and flowers explodes, and every sunset is different.” —John Steinbeck

• “It was June, and the world smelled of roses. The sunshine was like powdered gold over the grassy hillside.” —Maud Hart Lovelace
• “June suns, you cannot store them.” —A.E. Housman
• “I realized June had never been just a month.” —Sanober Khan
• “To read a poem in January is as lovely as to go for a walk in June.” —Jean-Paul Sartre

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• “I wonder what it would be like to live in a world where it was always June.” —L.M. Montgomery
• “If June was the beginning of a hopeful summer, and July the juice middle, August was suddenly feeling like the bitter end.” —Sarah Dessen
• “Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August.” —Jenny Ha
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• “And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.” —F. Scott Fitzgerald
• “June is the time for dreams to take flight and soar into reality.” —Emma Racine de Fleur
• “June is the time for being in the world in new ways, for throwing off the cold and dark spots of life.” —Joan D. Chittister
• “And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days.” —James Russell Lowell

• “Green was the silence, wet was the light, the month of June trembled like a butterfly.” —Pablo Neruda
• “Summer is a promissory note signed in June…” —Hal Borland
• “It is the month of June, the month of leaves and roses, when pleasant sights salute the eyes and pleasant scents the noses.” —Nathaniel Parker Willis

June

 

Behold, now, where the pageant of high June
Halts in the glowing noon!
The trailing shadows rest on plain and hill;
The bannered hosts are still,
While over forest crown and mountain head
The azure tent is spread.

Now have come the shining days
When field and wood are robed anew,
And o'er the world a silver haze
Mingles the emerald with the blue.

Why was June made?—Can you guess?
June was made for happiness!
Even the trees
Know this, and the breeze
That loves to play
Outside all day,
And never is too bold or rough,
Like March's wind, but just a tiny blow's enough;
And all the fields know
This is so—
June was not made for wind and stress,
June was made for happiness;
Little happy daisy faces
Show it in the meadow places,
And they call out when I pass,
"Stay and play here in the grass."
June was made for happy things,
Boats and flowers, stars and wings,
Not for wind and stress,
June was made for happiness!

I gazed upon the glorious sky
And the green mountains round;
And thought, that when I came to lie
Within the silent ground,
'Twere pleasant, that in flowery June,
When brooks sent up a cheerful tune,
And groves a joyous sound,
The sexton's hand, my grave to make,
The rich, green mountain turf should break.

These things I remember
Of New England June,
Like a vivid day-dream
In the azure noon,
While one haunting figure
Strays through every scene,
Like the soul of beauty
Through her lost demesne.

White as a lily moulded of Earth's milk
That eve the moon bloomed in a hyacinth sky;
Soft in the gleaming glens the wind went by,
Faint as a phantom clothed in unseen silk:
Bright as a naiad's leap, from shine to shade
The runnel twinkled through the shaken brier;
Above the hills one long cloud, pulsed with fire,
Flashed like a great enchantment-welded blade.
And when the western sky seemed some weird land,
And night a witching spell at whose command
One sloping star fell green from heav'n; and deep
The warm rose opened for the moth to sleep;
Then she, consenting, laid her hands in his,
And lifted up her lips for their first kiss.

 June is the gateway to summer

 

At midnight, in the month of June, 

I stand beneath the mystic moon. 

An opiate vapor, dewy, dim, 

Exhales from out her golden rim, 

And, softly dripping, drop by drop,

 Upon the quiet mountain top

 

June is a love song written by nature

 

Forbearing the night

with its growing brilliance:

the summer moon.

 

June was not made for wind and stress,
June was made for happiness;

 

I wonder what it would be like to live in a world where it was always June.

 

June was made for happy things,
Boats and flowers, stars and wings,

 

June is the time for dreams to take flight and soar into reality

 

It was June, and the world smelled of roses. 

The sunshine was like powdered gold 

over the grassy hillside

 

If June was the beginning of a hopeful summer, 

and July the juice middle, 

August was suddenly feeling like the bitter end

 

June is the gateway to summer

 

These silent summer nights

even the stars

seem to whisper.

 

Spring being a tough act to follow, 

God created June

 

On a hot summer night

dreams and reality

merge.

 

In early June the world of leaf and blade and flowers explodes, 

and every sunset is different

June

 

This month marks the start of summer in the Northern Hemisphere and contains the summer solstice, which is the day with the most daylight hours. In the Southern Hemisphere, June is the start of winter and contains the winter solstice, the day with the fewest hours of daylight out of the year.

In the zodiac, June is associated with the signs Gemini and Cancer. Gemini spans from May 21st to June 20th, while Cancer covers June 21st to July 22nd

The June birth flower rose symbolizes love, while the June birthstone pearl stands for purity, bringing us peace and balance in life. Gemini and Cancer stand as the month's zodiac keepers, bringing intellect and protection to those born during this month.

. June is the month with the longest daylight hours of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, and conversely, June has the shortest daylight hours of the year in the Southern Hemisphere. 2. June's birthstone is the pearl, the Moonstone and the Alexandrite.

The two birth flowers for June are the rose and honeysuckle. Roses are widely recognized as a symbol of love and beauty, with different colors carrying specific meanings. Honeysuckle is known for its sweet fragrance and is often associated with happiness and good fortune

The colors associated with June include light purple/mauve, as well as the colors of the June birthstones: pearls (white, cream, yellow-brown), moonstones (blue to white), and alexandrite (yellow, brownish, grayish, or blueish green in daylight, and orangy or brownish red to purple red in incandescent light) 

This period, when the sun reaches its zenith, has been a time of celebration and spiritual significance throughout history. The symbols associated with June birthdays carry deep esoteric meanings, drawn from ancient traditions and arcane wisdom.

June, sixth month of the Gregorian calendar. It was named after Juno, the Roman goddess of childbirth and fertility.

June – Oak – The Oak tree symbolizes truth, knowledge, strength of character and motivation. July – Cherry – The Cherry tree symbolizes strong expression and compassion. August – Applewood – The Apple tree symbolizes strength, gentleness, abundance and giving.

June's birthstones offer two enchanting options: the classic pearl and the alexandrite. Pearls, known for their timeless elegance, symbolize purity and serenity with their soft, lustrous glow.

With its Pearl colored birthstone, June is also represented by Pale Orange, signifying the start of warmer months.

 

Lots of people go mad in January. 

Not as many as in May, of course. 

Nor June. 

June

 

June 

Mine is the Month of Roses; yes, and mine 
The Month of Marriages! All pleasant sights 
And scents, the fragrance of the blossoming vine, 
The foliage of the valleys and the heights.
 
Mine are the longest days, the loveliest nights; 
The mower's scythe makes music to my ear; 
I am the mother of all dear delights; 
I am the fairest daughter of the year.

Hemingway

 

Ernest Hemingway is most famous for his pioneering "Iceberg Theory" of writing—a minimalist, stripped-down prose style

—and his literary masterpieces, including 

The Old Man and the Sea, 

A Farewell to Arms, 

and For Whom the Bell Tolls. 

He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954.

His legacy rests on a few core pillars of his life and career:

• Minimalist Prose (The Iceberg Theory): Hemingway is famous for his direct, economical, and understated writing style. He omitted excessive descriptions, believing the deeper meaning of a story should exist beneath the surface, implied rather than stated.
Masterpieces: His novels and short stories are staples of American literature, most notably:
• The Old Man and the Sea (1952): The Pulitzer Prize-winning novella about an aging Cuban fisherman's epic battle with a giant marlin.
• A Farewell to Arms (1929): A tragic love story set against the backdrop of World War I.
• For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940): An epic novel following an American volunteer during the Spanish Civil War.
• The Sun Also Rises (1926): A defining novel of the "Lost Generation," capturing the disillusionment of post-WWI expatriates in Europe.
Nobel & Pulitzer Prizes: He received the 1953 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature, cementing his status as one of the 20th century's most influential writers.
Larger-Than-Life Persona: Beyond his books, Hemingway is remembered for his adventurous, rugged lifestyle. He worked as a war correspondent, survived plane crashes, and was an avid deep-sea fisherman, big-game hunter, and bullfighting enthusiast








Hemingway survived a lifetime of injuries, including two consecutive plane crashes in Africa in 1954. These left him with untreated concussions, ruptured organs, and chronic, unrelenting pain. Modern medical historians also suspect he suffered from severe Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy


He suffered from intense paranoia, severe depression, and bipolar disorder. Treatments, including electroshock therapy at the Mayo Clinic, failed to restore his mental health or his ability to write


Hemingway defined himself by his writing. In his final years, losing his mental sharpness and the ability to put words on the page stripped him of his deepest purpose


Tragically, suicide was a recurring shadow in his family. Hemingway's father died by suicide in 1928, and he was deeply haunted by the possibility of sharing the same fate, a fear that was eventually realized when he took his own life on July 2, 1961, at his home in Ketchum, Idah

Hemingway

 

Died 1961 

Known for his short stories, Hemingway only wrote 9 novels

Sun Also Rises, the (1926)

Torrents of Spring, the (1926)

Farewell to Arms, a (1929)

To Have and Have Not (1937)

For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940)

Across the River and into the Trees (1950)

Old Man and the Sea, the (1952)

Islands in the Stream (1970) - finished 1951 

Garden of Eden (1986) started 1946 - uncompleted in 1961 - released abridged in 1986 

Never particularly  out standing for dialogue, he wrote some of the best prose ever 

 

By the meteorological calendar, 

spring will always start on 1 March; 

ending on 31 May.

Blue Moon

 

• Blue Moon:
• May 31: The second full moon in May, making it a Blue Moon.




Types: There are two definitions: Monthly (the second full moon in a calendar month) and Seasonal (the third full moon in a season containing four full moons).
Frequency: They occur about every 2–3 years.
Upcoming Examples: The next monthly blue moon is expected on May 31, 2026, and the next seasonal blue moon occurs on May 20, 2027.
Why It's Not Blue: A blue moon looks like a normal full moon. A literal blue-coloured moon can happen, but only due to dust or smoke particles in the atmosphere, such as from a volcanic eruption.

 

If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. 

And, if you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better..

 

One day you will wake up 

and there won't be any more time 

to do the things you've always wanted.

 

Women, when they kill themselves, choose far more romantic methods

 like slashing their wrist or taking an overdose of sleeping pills

 

The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, 

and He bends you with His might 

that His arrows may go swift and far. 

Let your bending in the archer’s hand be for gladness; 

For even as He loves the arrow that flies, 

so He loves also the bow that is stable

 

See the curtains hanging in the window
In the evening on a Friday night
A little light shining through the window
Lets me know everything's alright

 

Every man is two men; 

One is awake in the darkness, 

the other asleep in the light

 

the reason the tiger does not fear the hyena 

is because he is aware of his own strength

 

A scientist who studied monkeys on an island in Indonesia was able to teach a certain one to wash bananas in the river before eating them. Cleansed of sand and dirt, the food was more flavorful. The scientist who did this only because he was studying the learning capacity of monkeys did not imagine what would eventually happen. So he was surprised to see that the other monkeys on the island began to imitate the first one. "And then, one day, when a certain number of monkeys had learned to wash their bananas, the monkeys on all of the other islands in the archipelago began to do the same thing. What was most surprising, though, was that the other monkeys learned to do so without having had any contact with the island where the experiment had been conducted." He stopped. "Do you understand?" "No," I answered. "There are several similar scientific studies. The most common explanation is that when a certain number of people evolve, the entire human race begins to evolve. We don't know how many people are needed but we know that's how it works