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POEM: The Weary Blues by Langston Hughes
Droning a drowsy syncopated tune,
Rocking back and forth to a mellow croon,
     I heard a Negro play.
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FOOD: Basic Pesto 

If your garden is anything like ours, you’re struggling to keep up with the basil. This is a great recipe for pesto that allows for all sorts of culinary improv.

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QUOTE: “There are no greater treasures than the highest human qualities such as compassion, courage and hope. Not even tragic accident or disaster can destroy such treasures of the heart.”  —Daisaku Ikeda

SONG: Hit ‘Em Up Style by Carolina Chocolate Drops

TRAVEL: Giant’s Causeway, County Antrim, Northern Ireland

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