eXtra ePistle

Tomorrow I check in for surgery at 5:30 am. I said, “my, that's early.” and she said, “You're first.” I expect to be back home sometime Friday. Here's a junior ePistle to tide you over...and because, apparently, I am incapable of NOT doing an ePistle.

…........And if you get busted in your hip and now you're an artificial hippie.........Roy Zimmerman …..Psychedelic Relic "Psychedelic Relic" by Roy Zimmerman (youtube.com)

Today is Mechanics Day! I asked my mechanic why my car was humming. She said it probably doesn't know the words.

Today is Wednesday, June 12, 2013. The moon enters the first quarter (exactly first-quarter at 1:18 am tonight EDT). The Moon shines at the Leo-Virgo border, two fists upper left of Regulus and three fists right of Spica, the brightest stars of the two constellations.

Wednesday, June 12– Crowded Nest Awareness Day & Loving Day & World Day Against Child Labor

Night Sky, 6/12: Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune are veiled by the sun's glare.

Thursday, June 13– LGBTQIA+ Equal Pay Awareness Day & Random Acts of Light Day & Roller Coaster Day

Friday, June 14 – Flag Day & National Bourbon Day & Blood Donor Day & National Movie Night

Saturday, June 15 – Global Wind Day & International Surfing Day & Native American Citizenship Day

Night Sky, 6/15: As the stars come out in North America, the Moon shines nearly midway between Spica to its lower left and fainter Gamma Virginis (Porrima) to its upper right. Gamma Vir is a lovely, equal-brightness double star for telescopes, separation 3.4 arcseconds this year; it's slowly widening. The pair is oriented almost north-south. This Week's Sky at a Glance, June 7 – 16 - Sky & Telescope - Sky & Telescope (skyandtelescope.org)

Sunday, June 16 – Bloomsday & Father's Day & Day 1: Eid-Al-Adha & Fudge Day

Monday, June 17 – National Garbage Hauler Day & World Crocodile Day & World Tessellation Day

Night Sky, 6/17: Mars and Venus are in a nice view just as dawn begins. The highest and easiest is Saturn, in the southeast. It's magnitude 1.2, fairly modest, but there's nothing else that bright anywhere near it. Its background is dim Aquarius.

Tuesday, June 18 – Autistic Pride Day & International Sushi Day

Wednesday, June 19 – Juneteenth & World Sickle Cell Awareness Day & World Sauntering Day

Thursday, June 20 – National Hike With A Geek Day & American Eagle Day.

Night Sky, 6/20: At 4:51 p.m. EDT (1:51 p.m. PDT and 20:51 GMT), the sun will reach its northernmost declination for the year, delivering the maximum daylight hours of the year for the Northern Hemisphere and the minimum daylight hours of the year for the Southern Hemisphere. The June solstice marks the beginning of the summer season in the Northern Hemisphere, and winter in the Southern Hemisphere. Night sky, June 2024: What you can see tonight [maps] | Space

We will not quietly stand by and watch our world go up in flames and radiation. --Randall Forsberg Randall was the founder of the Nuclear Freeze Campaign which rallied 1,000,000 people in New York's Central Park to call for a halt to worldwide nuclear testing. (June 12, 1982)

I just finished a novel about airplane mechanics. It was mostly riveting.

Masthead of the Week: Friday ePistle, June 12, 2024, supplemental ePistle. Online at: http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/ Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. Lawrence, KS.