July has given way to August, and there is no denying that the race is on to Labor Day. During the intervening month, day length will dwindle by 90 minutes between Aug. 1-31, leaving 13 hours as we head toward the late days of summer.
In the meantime, this weekend brings the full Sturgeon Moon on Sunday, Aug. 2, a name with origins among both colonists and the Algonquian nation indigenous to the Northeast, as sturgeon are native to both Europe and the Americas.
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