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Sleep well. Thank you for all you do. You are important to so many.

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Repeated in rhyme:

Even the Dusk and Dawn seem different.

Ominous. Devious.

The National Weather Service will proclaim.

That Dawn will soon be gone.

And that Dusk will no longer be a must.

And the new Director will soon.

Deregulate the Sun and Moon.

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Today is my birthday. What a wonderful gift. Thank you!!

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Happy Birthday Bill!

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Happy birthday. Let's make a resolution that this time next year, we will have notched some victories against Project 2025.

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The happiest of birthdays to you, Bill!

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Lucky guy Bill. What a nice present!!

Happy birthday 🎂

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Happy Birthday, Bill.

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Happy Birthday!

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Happy Birthday, Bill! I hope you had a peaceful and joyous day. .♡🍬.•°•.🎂.•°•.🍬♡.

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Happy Birthday, Bill!

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Morning, Lynnell. Have my eye out for a Eugene sunrise today; saw an amazing moonrise last night on my way east for a gig.

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Happy Birthday 🎂🎈

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Happiest of birthdays, Bill!🎈🎁🎂🎉

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Happy birthday to you, Bill!

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Happy Birthday!

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Happy Birthday

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Happy Birthday!

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Happy Birthday to you, Bill.

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''In Pause We Find Grace''

Soft whispers of morning light,

Awake the earth, a world made bright.

Time slows its endless, hurried race,

In stillness, we find a sacred space.

Clouds drift gently, a tranquil sea,

Each breath a hymn, serene and free.

No toil, no task, no worldly quest—

This is the essence of true rest.

The trees sway softly, their leaves converse,

Nature hums a soothing verse.

Feet on grass, hearts unbound,

In this pause, life's grace is found.

Let time dissolve, let worries cease,

Embrace the quiet, the tender peace.

For in this day, this sacred breath,

We honor life, and sidestep death.

A day of rest, a balm so pure,

For weary souls, it is the cure.

A gift to cherish, a moment to hold,

A truth eternal, timeless, bold.

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Very beautiful; thank you, Michael.

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Peaceful prose. Thank you, Michael.

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Lovely, Michael. Thank you😊

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Thank you for your considerable effort in educating Americans about our Nation's history and how it applies to today's politics. Your work and book are great teaching tools. If only more people were interested in learning and understanding our history and current position. I love this picture, and it is one to view as one goes to sleep.

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"Red sky at morning, sailor take warning."

Well, there will always be another to whatever the day brings.

Thank you for your work, professor.

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‘Red sky at night, sailors’ delight’

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Spectacular winter Maine sunrise!! Kudos to Allen!

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Absolutely beautiful sunrise. Thank you Heather and sleep well.

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Stunning sunset. Rest well Heather. I’m sure there’s a cluster of a week ahead!

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Robert Browning called that "one glorious blood-red, reeking into Cadiz Bay". But there's SNOW! first snow picture I've seen in LFAA. Pure, white, unalterable until someone travels over or through it. Metaphoric. Long live the real America.

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Visited Cadiz in 2013 so agree 100% with Robert Browning’s take. And yes, snow, in all of its glory, can be challenging.

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Thank-you! Know how very much we appreciate you, your wisdom, and your guidance! Tale care of you!

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Thanks, Heather. This lovely photo reminds me of Bing Crosby singing Red Sails in the Sunset. A soothing thought towards the close of s\a turbulent year.

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Keith, I think Tab Hunter also may have recorded it in the mid to late 50s. Memories!

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Thank you for sharing the beauty. Rest well.

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Good god, is that real?!!

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Yes. It’s climate change. Here in Chicago looking over the lake I see red almost every morning. Was in France in the country when I saw the first one. It was a sunset so red that it was terrifying. Beautiful, but oh,so sad.

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Virginia Witmer -- I think red sunrises aren't connected to "climate change". More like "weather change." There have been red sunrises and red sunsets ever since I've been alive (89 years). You might ask a sailor about it -- there's an old saying "Red skies in the morning sailor's warning. Red at night, sailor's delight." Has to do with water vapor in the air (morning) and dust at night. "Mrs. Google" has a lot to say on the subject!

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There are also are (or were recently) wild fires in MA that put a lot of particulates into the atmosphere in and around New England.

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Hogwash! This photo (which is beautiful) reflects weather, not climate.

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Even the dusk and dawn look different. Ominous. Devious. The National Weather Service will shortly proclaim that dawn will soon be gone and dusk will no longer be a must. And the new weather director will deregulate the sun and moon.

(I had to say it. Sorry to be a party pooper.)

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Thank you for everything you do. Enjoy your night. I'm so happy you got to spend the day with friends and family!

Also what a beautiful pic 😍 one of my favorite things about living on the East coast is the sunrises it brings. 💙

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Sleep well!

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Thank you Heather. See you tomorrow

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