Famous First Words: We the peoples of the United Nations... UN Charter --signed by 50 nations on June 23, 1945
Rock Chalk Algeria!
The Algeria world cup team is based in Lawrence, KS during the games.
June is National Pollinators Month. We all know about bees, right? Bead Bee had such messy hair it was nicknamed FrizzBee ввв The shortest distance between 2 buzz-stops is a beeline. ввв The Brookline Hive called their baby bees humbugs.
..........On a lonely highway.........Chris Isaak …..Blue Hotel
...unite our strength to maintain international peace and security...Preamble UN Charter
It is a rainy Friday morning. The sky is a solid gray-white without texture or wind. But sound is layered and varied and beautiful. First thing I hear is the patter of raindrops falling from the eaves of the house, splat, splat, splat, right outside the door. Then the distant bird conversations from unseen sources somewhere in the trees shading backyards down the block and a wall of sound. Further away motor cars make mechanical white noise as they drive across wet pavement on their way to life. Together it is the soundtrack of a summer morning. I spread out some sunflower seeds and a few peanuts for the wildlife and I return indoors noticing the tiny ponds created by the rain like swimming holes for flies and beetles. Puck has not yet gone out. He sleeps most of the time now. Come to think of it, I sleep more now too. A nap of two a day, drives the sleepy slumps away. Right now, I am sipping regular coffee and listening to my protest song playlist; O, and enjoying the cool, damp day. But writing to you is, as always, the best part.
Hope your weekend is magic, through and through, friends (or not) of Potter.
First Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Celebrating 150 year since Custer got Sioux'd. https://www.facebook.com/thundervalleycdc
Flies (all kinds) are the second most prolific pollinators. A woman walked into the kitchen to find her husband stalking around with a fly swatter. “Hunting fly, uh?: She asked. “Killing any?” “Yep”, he replied, “3 males and 2 females.” “How can you tell them apart?” she asked. His response, “3 were on the beer can and two on the wine glass.” ₣₣₣ Flies buzz around annoying everyone. I don't even need wings to do that.
..........I can't leave you alone..........Carlos Santana …..Black Magic Woman
Trivia Questions: Yay! It's Canoe Day
How long have canoes been around?
What is the average speed of a canoe?
How many parts does the paddle have and can you name any of them?
There are 8 kinds of canoeing; how many can you name?
When did canoeing become an Olympic sport?
Big Hello: Chào ahn – Vietnamese https://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/hello.htm
Second Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Experts issue dire warning that AI has now learned how to use the semicolon. https://www.facebook.com/TheBabylonBee
Image of the Week: We paid to build it in the first place, paid for him to renovate it, now we pay to protect it, and will probably pay to restore it in the future.
Butterflies are important pollinators. Do chatty caterpillars turn into social butterflies? ƁƁƁ Brace Butterfly's favorite school subject was mothmatics. ƁƁƁ All caterpillar fortune cookies said “Change Is Imminent”.
..........bueno pa gozar..........Carlos Santana …..Oye Como Va ...Good to enjoy)
Moonbeam: The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible – and achieve it, generation after generation. --Pearl S Buck
Blasphemy of the Week: I only believe in 12.5 percent of the gods. I'm an eightheist
Coffee Joke of the Week: In the orchestra of life, coffee is the conductor.
Next Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Have they tried giving all the hydrogen peroxide to one algae and waiting for it to trickle down. --el on bluesky
Second Blasphemy of the Week: God isn't the problem. It's his fanbase.
Beetles do a fair amount of pollinating. A dung beetle walks into a bar and asks, “Is this stool taken?” ₿₿₿ I'm a June Bug, a beetle in the genus Phyllophaga.” I'm a July bug, a beetle in the genus Pinacolada”.
..........People, people, let's start together..........Carlos Santana …..Migra
1) The earliest known canoe artifact is the Pesse Canoe in the Netherlands. Carbon dated between 8040 and 7510 BCE.
Almanac: It is Friday, June 26. The moon will be full (Strawberry) on Monday (6/29) and is in Scorpio. Today is 626 Day (Lilo & Stitch), Ashura, Barcode Day, Canoe Day, and Drive Your Corvette to Work Day. Because it is the Friday closest to June 30 it is Harry Potter Day and because it is the 4th Friday it is International Rose Day, and finally, because it is the last Friday it is International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, National Canoe Day, National Coconut Day, and Women in Nude Recreation Day . Because it is the Friday closest to June 30 it is Harry Potter Day and because it is the 4th Friday it is International Rose Day, and finally, because it is the last Friday it is National Food Truck Day.
Among those born on this day were Charles Messier 1730, Abner Doubleday 1819, Jay Stowitts 1892, Pearl S. Buck 1892, Stuart Symington 1901, Peter Lorre 1904, Salvador Allende 1908, Tom Parker 1909, Babe Didrikson 1911, Pavel Belyayev 1925, Pat Morita 1933, Larry (The Mole) Taylor 1942, Carlos Santanna 1947, Chris Isaak 1956, and Chris O'Donnell 1970.
On June twenty-ninth Richard III usurped the English throne (1483), The first pure food law was enacted in the US (1848). The Atlantic City Boardwalk opened (1870), Nieuport set an aircraft speed record at 83mph (1911), The NY Daily News began publication (1919), The US ended an 8 years occupation of the Dominican Republic (1924) , The UN charter was signed by 50 nations (1945), and Madagascar gained independence from France (1960).
Night Sky, 6/26: The bright Moon will appear near the red supergiant star Antares after sunset.
Fraternal Picture of the Week: Biscuit & Ollie & Charon & Max
Extra Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: The Reflecting Pool is now the Strait of Warm Ooze. --Audrey Loves Politics
This Week: Saturday, June 27 – Ice Cream Cake Day & National Onion Day & World Bike Naked Day
Sunday, June 28 – Descendants Day & International Body Piercing Day & Log Cabin Day
Night Sky, 6/28: The moon is 98% illuimated and shines near The Teapot, an asterism of Sagittarius.
Monday, June 29 – Festival of Goodwill & International Mud Day & World Camera Day
Night Sky, 6/29: The Strawberry Moon will be full at 7:56 pm CDT.
Tuesday, June 30 – Asteroid Day & National Meteor Watch Day & NOW Day (National Organization of Women)
Night Sky, 6/30: Venus & Jupiter are high in the west after sunset.
Wednesday, July 1 – Canada Day & International Tartan Day & Zip Code Day
Night Sky, 7/1: Mars and the Pleiades visible 90 minutes before sunrise in the east.
Thursday, July 2 – Fast of Tammuz & Made In the USA Day & World UFO Day & World Porcupine Day
Night Sky, 7/2: Sunrise 5:55 am Sunset 8:42 pm 14 hours & 54 minutes & 56 seconds of daylight Moonrise 8:17 am Moonset 10:51 pm
Hummingbirds do their part as pollinators. The bee hummingbird is the smallest bird in the world. Its tiny brain still contains more factual information than Fox news. ₶₶₶ 4 out of every 10 hummingbird jokes ends with the punchline, “Because they don't know the words”.
..........You and the swan will float upon a cloud of pink ice cream..........Chris Isaak …..Cotton Candy Land
2) Canoes average 3 mph.
Preantepenultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Does god's GPS say “You Are Everywhere”.
Moonbeam: In real danger sometimes even a democracy can really keep a secret. --Stuart Symington
Fun Fact of the Week: Happy Barcode Day! The first use of the barcode was to label railroad cars. (1961) The first UPC code was on a pack of Wrigley's chewing gum. (1974).
Audio of the Week: Talkin' About A Revolution by Tracy Chapman https://open.spotify.com/track/0YMFcrMtBowDdD5bPz0cgy
To develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, and to take other appropriate measures to strengthen universal peace... --UN Charter Article 1
Bats are on everybody's top ten pollinators list. Bats come out a night, like bad decisions. βββ I used to have a coworker who would say, “I'm hanging in there like a bat.” I thought it was a metaphor until I caught her hanging upside down in her office one day.
..........I keep searching through the rain..........Chris Isaak …..I Wonder
3) There are 6 parts to a paddle: Grip, Neck, Shaft, Throat, Blade, and Tip.
Antepenultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Caught a cat about to leap onto the counter and without thinking I said, “Don't do it. You have a Black auntie now.” He paused and looked at me and then decided not to do it. This proves that cats either understand a lot more than we give them credit for or they respect a good bit. --Sharai Bohannon
Weird Word of the Week: Lissome: Something that is graceful, flexible, or agile. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/lissome
Dragon of the Week: 80 ft of garden wall
Wacky Uses for Common Products: Heat Water. Save empty two-liter Coca-Cola bottles. Paint the clean, empty jugs and bottles black with tempera paint and fill them with water. Set them in the sun in the morning and by late afternoon, the water is hot enough to use for washing dishes or bathing. https://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/cocacola3.html
I came for the pollen and stayed for the fun. ₩₩₩ Wasps are just Wannabees.
...........Well, nobody told me about her..........Carlos Santana …..She's Not There
4) The 8 types of canoeing are Expedition, Wilderness tripping, River, Recreational, Whitewater, Racing, Fishing, and Freighter.
Penultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: It's only Algae if it comes from the L'Algae region of France, otherwise it's just Sparkling Slime. --Dr sp on bluesky
Science Fiction Convention of the Week: Realm Makers Writers Convention and Expo 2026 (26-27, St Louis, MO) ...Christians who write speculative fiction... https://www.realmmakers.com/2026-realm-makers-writers-conference-registration/
Anti-Commercial of the Week: I just ate Chick FilA for the first time in 20+ years. (It was free/all they had at my daughter's school picnic.) It sucks. It's good to know that in addition to being morally reprehensible, it's also garage-tier food. --dre on bluesky
Spark of Joy of the Week: June 26, 1963: President John F. Kennedy addressed 120,000 West Berliners and concluded his speech, “All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin, and, therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words: "Ich bin ein Berliner!” The East German government had stopped all travel and commerce between the Soviet-controlled and the American/British/French-controlled parts of the city in 1961.
Moths too are on every list. The moths' motto is “Chase the Light Side”. ₼₼₼ The largest section of a moth's budget is lightbulbs. ₼₼₼ OMG, did you see that lightbulb? Yes, he's so hot.
..........Like seven inches from the midday sun..........Carlos Santana …..Smooth
5) The sport of canoeing first appeared in the Olympic games at Paris, 1924. In 2016 it made its Paralympic debut at Rio.
Protest Sign of the Week: Roses Are Red. Violets Are Blue. Come November Senate Will Be Too
Quote of the Week: If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're misinformed. --Mark Twain
Final Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no libraries. --Anne Herbert
Today's Peace of History: June 26, 1945: On the stage of San Francisco’s Veterans Auditorium (now known as the Herbst Theatre in the center of the War Memorial Veterans Building), delegates from 50 nations signed the United Nations Charter, establishing the world body as a means of saving “succeeding generations from the scourge of war”.
The Honey Possum is a special niche pollinator. When baby honey possums roll in pollen, it's called a sticky situation. . ₶₶₱₱ Why did the honey possum go back for more nectar? Because it's a more-supial.
..........I get tired of waiting and fooling around..........Carlos Santana …..Evil Ways
Masthead of the Week: Friday ePistle, June 26, 2026: Pollinated ePistle . Online at: http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/ Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. Lawrence, KS.
Moonbeam: It's not just enough to swing at the ball. You've got to loosen your girdle and really let the ball have it. --Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Cost of War:
Pentagon Spending as of 6/25/26: $746,969,204,475 --19 billion, 481 million, 389 thousand, 7 hundred and 24 dollars just this week.724 (That's 187 million less than last week – must be the ceasefire.)
Pentagon Spending as of 6/18/26: $727,487,814,751
Pentagon Spending as of 6/11/26: $707,819,308,268
Pentagon Spending as of 6/04/26: $689,074,081,940
Pentagon Spending in May 2026: $87,601,145,719
Pentagon Spending in April 2026: $81,264,897,194
https://www.nationalpriorities.org/cost-of/
All Members shall settle their international disputes by peaceful means in such a manner that international peace and security, and justice, are not endangered. --UN Charter Article 2
Famous Last Words: Dive, thoughts, down to my soul. --Richard III by William Shakespeare in Richard III
..........Dry your eyes, face the dawn.........Chris Isaak …..Life Will Go On
Everyone agrees that Bees are the top pollinator. A bee that can't make up its mind is called May-Bee. ввв The Bangor Hive use to fly around the head of a person buzzing and buzzing, around and around, until a spell was woven and the person was Bee-wiched.
May your garden grow Peace
And all your seeds be Joy
prairie mama
christine
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