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⛰️ 1 fun thing: Rare superbloom Green gentians, or monument plants, are blooming in the mountains of Colorado. Photo: John Frank/Axios The green gentian, or monument plant, is superblooming on Colorado's hillsides — a rare phenomenon during which dormant wildflowers blossom simultaneously, Axios Denver's John Frank writes. The plant lives 20–60 years, sending up a flower-covered stalk 5 feet or taller before it blooms once and dies.

I was fortunate to learn from Jewish teachers who treasured the word of God, especially torah and tehillim, [Psalms]. The torah teacher employed a sort of call and response. He would translate English verses recited back into Hebrew to locate the verse, then respond. If prayers for the dead did any good, he would be way up on my list. The other gentleman who was kind of a tzaddik taught me enough Hebrew that we could read the Bible together. I would read the verse in Hebrew, then he would free translate it into English and we would discuss it. Another great soul I hope to see in heaven. Learning Hebrew from him was a real spiritual experience, not an academic one. As a young man, he learned Yiddish so he could talk with his Polish grandfather.

Lindsey Graham, longtime senator from South Carolina and Trump ally, dies at 71 https://abcnews.com/Politics/sen-lindsey-graham-south-carolina-dies-71/story?id=134688641

Bonnie Tyler, who topped the charts with epic ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart,’ has died at 75 https://apnews.com/article/bonnie-tyler-singer-died-11b043ebdb4fa946daa42aad804ce4a1?

While not a recent death, Pastor Williams deserves to be acknowledged here. Remembering Rev. Cecil Williams, champion of equality in San Francisco, dead at 94 : NPR