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Friday, 17 July 2026
Thursday, 16 July 2026
The Story Book of Science

Title: The Story Book of Science
Author: Jean Henri Fabre
Rating: ★★★★★
Age Category: Middle Grade
Back Cover Synopsis:
The wonders of plant and animal life told with rare literary charm by Uncle Paul in conversations with three children, who ask their uncle to tell them "true stories." Besides such stories as the ants' subterranean city, the spider's suspension bridge, and the caterpillar's processing, he unlocks the mystery behind thunder and lightning, clouds and rain, the year and its seasons, volcanoes and earthquakes.
Wednesday, 15 July 2026
Tuesday, 14 July 2026
Sonnet 56
Sonnet 56
by William Shakespeare
Sweet love, renew thy force; be it not said
Thy edge should blunter be than appetite,
Which but to-day by feeding is allay'd,
To-morrow sharpen'd in his former might:
So, love, be thou; although to-day thou fill
Thy hungry eyes even till they wink with fullness,
To-morrow see again, and do not kill
The spirit of love with a perpetual dullness.
Let this sad interim like the ocean be
Which parts the shore, where two contracted new
Come daily to the banks, that, when they see
Return of love, more blest may be the view;
Else call it winter, which being full of care
Makes summer's welcome thrice more wish'd, more rare.
Thy edge should blunter be than appetite,
Which but to-day by feeding is allay'd,
To-morrow sharpen'd in his former might:
So, love, be thou; although to-day thou fill
Thy hungry eyes even till they wink with fullness,
To-morrow see again, and do not kill
The spirit of love with a perpetual dullness.
Let this sad interim like the ocean be
Which parts the shore, where two contracted new
Come daily to the banks, that, when they see
Return of love, more blest may be the view;
Else call it winter, which being full of care
Makes summer's welcome thrice more wish'd, more rare.
Monday, 13 July 2026
Sunday, 12 July 2026
Saturday, 11 July 2026
Quote
"Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity." - Carl Jung -
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