It was a somewhat small fish in a big pond. Though measuring just under a foot, this creature would never have to fish for a compliment.

Consider yourself lucky if you are not part of the one per cent.

“Tis not her coldness, father,

That chills my labouring breast;

It’s that confounded cucumber

I’ve ate and can’t digest.”

“Life was simpler when apples and blackberries were only fruit.”

Virgil warned us to be wary of the snake in the grass, but I am suggesting an addition to that advice. Beware of the snake in the water, too!

“Because we focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion,” laments an Egyptian proverb. 

Don’t miss the scorpion.

Though it is summer and a busy time for all, take a minute to gaze skyward to see the night’s super stars. Among the most famous is a classic constellation that says summer.