Dragonfly Journal

Summer Stars

6/20/2021

Today is summer solstice. "Midsommar" in Sweden. I wanted to celebrate by sharing a lovely poem by an American Pulitzer prize winning artist and author who's parents were Swedish. He lived in North Carolina and his home is now a National museum.

Bend low again, night of summer stars.
So near you are, sky of summer stars,
So near, a long arm man can pick off stars,
Pick off what he wants in the sky bowl,
So near you are, summer stars,
So near, strumming, strumming,
So lazy and hum-strumming.

From Smoke and Steel, by Carl Sandburg, 1920.

Learn about Carl Sandburg

Glowing sunflower with the blue sky and clouds behind

Sunflower by S. Carlson

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11 Picnic spots for 'eat outside day' in prescott, az

8/26/2019

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This week we are thinking about and celebrating local places, local-ness, dogs, and picnics. Let me explain!

Today is Dog Appreciation Day, which is just tremendous for so many reasons. Dogs are all about living in the moment, and being entirely content exactly where they are in body, mind, and spirit.

And since Saturday is National Eat Outside Day, I think we should all spend the day outside with our pooches enjoying a picnic. There's nothing that sounds bad about that, right? Consider that aside from some well-earned downtime, there are health benefits too!!

Picnic baskets are fun, but not a requirement

Here at The Whiskey Porch we treasure a smaller & simpler lifestyle which allows us to spend more time doing what's more important to us than working to pay the mortgage or cleaning the big house. And dogs and picnics are just about the most splendid way to spend a little downtime.

So in the spirit of having your sumptuous picnic with your pup somewhere in the pines of Prescott, I wanted to share a list of lovely local spots for you to checkout and explore. Be sure to check first if the location you have in mind allows dogs, or requires them to be on leash.

Lets get to it!

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