Enjoy the dog days of summer – named for Sirius, the Dog Star, of Canis Major, so prominent in the night skies this time of year – we’re going to relax and soak in the last of this most ephemeral of season – catch us back here after Labour Day.
Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it. -George Bernard Shaw “Ah, NewFOUNDland! Sure they speak Gaelic there, don’t they?”…
“Yesterday I learned a new word in English, and I got a new word today, and tomorrow will be another word. Each word is a step, which means I have a lot of work ahead.”
Until yesterday, I was blissfully unaware that freezing fog is a weather condition that apparently happens on Earth, and not just on planets in the outermost reaches of our solar system.