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July 13 2025 finish studying at midweek meeting

I just finished The Apothecary's Daughter and gave it 5 stars.

I just finished To Whisper Her Name (A Belle Meade Plantation Novel Book 1) and gave it 4 stars.

waggle dancing (slightly different with each type & species of honey bee), Apis Laboriosa, indicator indicator bird,

ul·ti·ma Thu·le
ˈəltəmə ˈTHo͞olē,ˈTHo͞ol/
noun
a distant unknown region; the extreme limit of travel and discovery.

With travel, our minds becom more curious, our hearts more powerful, and ouor spirits more joyous. And once the mind is stretched like that, it can never return to its original state.

What place would you advise me to visit now?" he asked.

"The planet Earth," replied the geographer. "It has a good reputation."

“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.”


― Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad/Roughing It

"The world is a book, and those who do not travel, read only one page"

Immortality...One of hone's most unusual qualities is that it never entirely spoils... may be why it was regarded as an immortal food and regenerative substance...

Winnie-the-pooh..may be best known honey-lover in fiction...
Secret life of bees...

Africa - Bees in Egypt were believed to be the tears of Ra...(The Honeybee in Myth and Symbol)

Africa - Bees in Egypt were believed to be the tears of Ra...(The Honeybee in Myth and Symbol)

The book of numbers has one if the new translation features I appreciate ... It might be a little thing for some but the previous translation had the census numbering of the tribes in word form .. This current translation has it in number form which I feel will be more of a memory feature at least in my case!

Taking a break from this one can get into it quick enough

Started reading this before 10 pm ;)

I require a guide, sir. But I shall bestow my affection upon none save the lifelong companion chosen for me by my Lord.

All were so deeply grounded in the places they called home. To them, this need was so vital it required no words. For her, it was always more mysterious, something she suspected shed been born without. Yet now, in her fatigued state, the need was a hunger more fierce than her empty stomach. She needed a place that was hers for all time.

Don't know why this is turning out to be a super slow read for me... The end of chapter for seems to pick up the pace a little. The "meeting" finally took place at the meeting place...

“A love affair with knowledge will never end in heartbreak.” The larger the island of knowledge the longer the shoreline of wonder.