Vassago

  Those late August mornings smelt of autumn  from day-break  till the hour when the sun-baked earth  allowed the cool sea breezes  to drive...

  August rain:  the best of the summer gone,  and the new fall not yet born.  The odd uneven time.

  Every time I see the lightening Every time I hear the thunder Every time I close the window When this happens in the summer Oh the night i...

  Upon the hill  Drifts the noon’s single cloud,  white,  glaring,  still

  Rust-colored  the tall straggling briar,  not one  Rose left

  Of all hidden things,  I sing,  waiting for evening’s grace

  Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimm’d

  Hot summer streets And the pavements are burning I sit around Trying to smile But the air is so heavy and dry The city is crowded My frien...

  These brown summer grasses? The only remains of "invincible" warriors ... —Matsuo Basho

  Laziness kills Ambition  Anger kill Wisdom  Fear kills Dreams  Ego kills Growth  Jealousy kills Peace  Doubt kills Confidence  reverse tho...

  A few friends, but they are in cities.    Drinking cold snow-water from a tin cup 

  The summer night is like a perfection of thought When this happens in the summer Oh the night is so inviting It's hot here at night Lo...

  summer afternoon;  to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language Summer breeze makes me feel fine Blow...

  These silent summer nights even the stars seem to whisper. —Kobayashi Issa, These brown summer grasses? The only remains of "invincib...

  Across rocks and meadows Swarms of new flies

  over the green fields wilted down under your blaze, these thirsty unruly plants grow a jungle domesticity to protect their fruit

  God of the idle heat,  in this glaring road you dominate all

  August slipped away into a moment in time

  Salt air, and the rust on your door I never needed anything more Whispers of, "Are you sure?" "Never have I ever before...

  Medical textbooks from the Middle Ages contained a chart called "The Sphere of Life and Death."  Doctors used it to predict heal...

   When the worst of our fears are realized, when everything we’ve counted on has disappeared, something still drives us to try to fix the p...

  God of the idle heat, in this glaring road you dominate all. And over the green fields wilted down under your blaze, these thirsty unruly ...

As we stood there Older than men And younger than the boys We were as still as the wind That blows  on a hot August night The Wild Boys are ...

Saturday August 9 :  Sturgeon Moon

  summer’s lease  hath all too short a date

  August is the border between summer and autumn;  it is the most beautiful month 

  Youth,  it passes  While age  is collected

  Love has gone, tears are here, nothing left Suddenly she's glad he can't see her face Youth, it passes while age is collected

  Even now I believe for the most part, love is about choices It's about putting down the poison and the dagger and making your own happ...

  the first week of August is motionless, and hot It is curiously silent, too,  with blank white dawns  and glaring noons,  and sunsets smea...

  Val Kilmer was such as powerful actor he truly had that A list screen presence, he was going to be great in this  A unique version of Batm...

 August:  the summer's last stand

  Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer’...