From the Mountains of the Sun

From the Mountains of the Sun

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Scorpio

Scorpio

A Sonnet for the Season

A. Christine Myers
Jun 17, 2024
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The contrast between night and day reaches its height in the desert at this time of year. We are only a few days from the summer solstice now, a turn of season that is as full of meaning here as the winter solstice is in colder climes.

The night sky is dominated by the constellation Scorpio during this season of intense heat.

Scorpio

Now fear the tip of S…

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