When it comes to yield it’s all about rain
The Western Producer headline highlights that crop yields hinge on moisture. Farmers use irrigation and soil testing to optimize nutrients, but weather remains the ultimate, uncontrollable factor. Research confirms rain and sun drive production, with irrigation offering limited control.
Pere Lachaise Cemetery Immortalizes World Notables
The 109 acre Pere Lachaise in the 20th arrondisement near Paris hosts a famed roster of figures from Oscar Wilde to Jim Morrison. It stands as a must visit for cemetery lovers and travelers seeking ambiance before celebrity graves, with the author confessing a fondness for its mood beyond famous names.
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Paris
Louvre
Eiffel Tower
Pere Lachaise
Oscar Wilde
Proust
Balzac
Colette
Gertrude Stein
Oakland
California
Isadora Duncan
Delacroix
Dore
Pissarro
Seurat
Chopin
Enescu
Yves Montand
Edith Piaf
Sarah Bernhardt
Maria Callas
Jim Morrison
Epitaphs and Cemeteries Inspire Quiet Reflection
A vivid meditation on grave markers and epitaphs highlights how stones like “NEVER LIKED IT” for Bukowski or Diller’s “DIED LAUGHING” reveal lives. Noting Tombstone Arizona and Nabokov, the piece contrasts clichés with witty, poignant, and telling inscriptions that memorialize personal legacies.
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Charles Bukowski
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Larry King
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W.P. Kinsella
Boot Hill
Arizona
Lester Moore
Wells Fargo
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Vladimir Nabokov
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