Lake Tahoe is a freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada of the Western United States, straddling the border between California and Nevada.  Lying at 6,225 ft (1,897 m) above sea level, Lake Tahoe is the largest alpine lake in North America, and at 122,160,280 acre⋅ft (150.7 km³) it trails only the five Great Lakes as the largest by volume in the United States.  Its depth is 1,645 ft (501 m), making it the second deepest in the United States after Crater Lake in Oregon (1,949 ft or 594 m).  The lake was formed about two million years ago as part of the Lake Tahoe Basin, and its modern extent was shaped during the ice ages.  It is known for the clarity of its water and the panorama of surrounding mountains on all sides.  The area surrounding the lake is also referred to as Lake Tahoe, or simply Tahoe; its English name is derived from its Washo name, Dáʔaw.  More than 75% of the lake's watershed is national forest land, covered by the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit of the United States Forest Service.  Lake Tahoe is fed by 63 tributaries.  These drain an area about the same size as the lake and produce half its water; the other half is produced by direct precipitation.  The Truckee River is the lake's only outlet, flowing northeast through Reno, Nevada, into Pyramid Lake which has no outlet.  It accounts for one third of the water that leaves the lake, the rest evaporating from the lake's surface.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Tahoe    

The origin of the phrase “in the nick of time” can be traced back to the 1500s, when the term “nick” signified “the critical moment.”  The phrase was initially just “in the nick,” and it referred to performing an action at the precise instant it was due.  During this period, a device known as a nick-stick was often used to track time, points, transactions, and specifically, events in sports.  A nick-stick had small, precise notches or ‘nicks’ that acted as markers.  Thus, if something was done “in the nick,” it meant the action was performed at the exact time or place it was intended to be.  The full phrase “in the nick of time,” as we use it today, has been documented in written records since 1643.  Over time, it has come to symbolize accomplishing something just before it becomes too late or before a deadline expires.  https://grammarist.com/idiom/in-the-nick-of-time/   

KNOCKOUT IN THE NICK OF TIME by Martha Esbin (excerpt)

She's got the knack knows where to look   takes a crack at it finds it in the nick of time.   The reference librarian knocks me out.   What's the question?  Without the correct question she'll wrack her brain wreak havoc with her schedule and wreck her week.  The reference librarian knocks me out. 

MUSIC by Martha Esbin

Sound

vital, vibrant

music consists of

organized sound, organized silence

space with energy

rests count

silence 

Diamante:  a seven-line poem in the shape of a diamond.  The first and last lines have one word, with the middle line being the longest.  Often the first word and the last word are opposites.   

Festa della Repubblica is the Italian National Day and Republic Day, which is celebrated on 2 June each year, with the main celebration taking place in Rome. The Festa della Repubblica is one of the national symbols of Italy.  The day commemorates the 1946 Italian institutional referendum held by universal suffrage, in which the Italian people were called to the polls to decide on the form of government following the Second World War and the fall of Fascism.  The ceremony of the event, organized in Rome, includes the deposition of a laurel wreath as a tribute to the Italian Unknown Soldier at the Altare della Patria by the President of the Italian Republic and a military parade along Via dei Fori Imperiali in Rome.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festa_della_Repubblica   

http://librariansmuse.blogspot.com  Issue 2949  June 2, 2025