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Quote #1247 - #DogDaysDividend
20 Jul, 2026
DOG DAYS DIVIDEND
"...the very top of the summer, the top of the live-long year, like the highest seat of a Ferris wheel when it pauses in its turning."
Natalie Babbitt
TUCK EVERLASTING
"If you go back even as far as Homer, The Iliad, it's referring to Sirius as Orion's dog rising, and it describes the star as being associated with war and disaster."
Jay B. Holberg
"The heat made people crazy. They woke from their damp bedsheets and went in search of a glass of water, surprised to find that when their vision cleared, they were holding instead the gun they kept in the bookcase."
Kristin Hannah
SUMMER ISLAND
"The dog lives for the day, the hour, even the moment."
Robert Falcon Smith
It's been hot.
Hot. Hot.
Unbearably hot.
And orange soot from Canada wildfires.
And then crazy rainy.
And, of course, continued crazy politically.
The weather,
the summer escalation and exacerbation
of the dismantling of our government
oversight and services,
leaves all of our climates
(global, political, and personal)
suffering.
Heat, and all kinds of tension, pervade the air.
So what do we do?
The dog has the right idea
Of what to do with these days.
When it gets like this, all you can do is
Live in the moment,
which is, after all, an extraordinary-ordinary place to be.
Whatever else you're doing, I hope you can
find joy/peace/relief in this moment
however
wherever.
Immerse yourself in coolness, in humor, in beauty.
If you can't immerse yourself, drink it in
with any or all of your senses available.
If you can't drink it in, just touch it,
with whatever part of you that can,
feel it
seep into your being,
however possible.
And when all else fails?
Remember.
Remember coolness.
Remember humor.
Remember beauty.
They say the body goes through the same effects and changes
whether you experience something,
dream about it,
remember it,
or act it.
In the moment--
fully present--
somewhere inside us
it's all the same.
Shellen Lubin
July 20, 2026
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