The Longest Day of the Year

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Gailann

June 21, 2013

June 21!

The summer solstice, the first day of summer, and… what else?

I love this day! I’d possibly love it even if it wasn’t my birthday. It’s almost exactly one-half year from Christmas, so I only had to wait 6 months for the Big Present Days. (Past tense, because now all the presents are from me, to me. So they could come at anytime during the year.)

A wave crests over several young swimmerss — Let’s all go swimming!

And look! Google even did a Google Doodle for me! Thanks, Google! And thanks, Christoph Niemann!

To celebrate the day, I’ve added a second picture to the blog header. (The two randomly rotate.) That means the stream value has increased 10%, making the water value now only 80% less than the original Stream of Conscience.

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Fall Back, Oh Prince | The New Stream of Conscience

November 3, 2013

[…] My friend and I gone to the theatre (we’ll go with that spelling, since we’re in England). I remember noticing there was still a bit of twilight in the sky—at 10:30 pm. As we headed back to our hotel, we asked the cabbie if Diana had had her baby yet. He said yes, she had a boy. We did the appropriate oohing and aahing. Only then did I realize it. I turned to my friend and said “He was born on my birthday!” And what’s extra special? The reason for the twilight—it’s was the longest day of the year. […]

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