"All that glitters is not gold"

Example: Denise bought a bracelet that looked great online, but when she got it, she realized that all that glitters is not gold.

Meaning: Something that seems attractive and valuable at first might turn out to be worthless.

Origin:   This expression comes from the late middle ages (the 1400s) and teaches us that appearances can be deceiving.  This famous saying appears in various forms in many other languages.  The great American author O. Henry (1862-1910) wrote a short story about people fooled by what they thought would be a quick way to make lots of money.  The story was called "The Gold That Glittered." Gold miners in the old West in the mid-1800s discovered this lesson the hard way. Some spotted chunks of glittering yellowish rock and thought that it was gold. but it was only fools' gold and almost worthless brass-colored mineral called iron pyrite.  They were disapponted, as anyone would be who was attracted by something that appeared to be beautiful or precious but that turned out to be useless junk.

Source: Scholastic Dictionary of Idioms

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Upcoming Club Events & Meeting Dates

SEPTEMBER CLUB MEETING DATES & Upcoming Special Club Member Events:

Note:  Zoom Details for each meeting are emailed to respective Power Pals with current paid membership for each Program Meeting format.

Thursday, September 8th

6:30am - 9:00am CST

 ZOOM Early Morning Meeting

Friday, September 9th

6:30am-9:00am CST

ZOOM Early Morning Meeting

Tuesday, September 13th

6:00pm - 9:00pm CST

 PowerTalk Power Club Pizza Panel Program

Frankie's Chicago Style Pizza in New Hope, MN.

Saturday, September 17th

12:00pm-3:00pm CST

Next PowerTalk Power Trip

Ribs, Bibs, & Blues

Anoka Masonic Lodge

1908 3rd Ave. - Anoka, MN. 55303

Free Will Donation

Proceeds to benefit ACBC Food Shelf

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                                                 Fireflies (Lightning Bugs)

                                                      Submitted by Charlie Kundinger

"My childhood memories of Fireflies or, Lightning Bugs as we kids would call them, still give me a sense of awe and bewilderment.  I recall being entertained nightly by their intermittent flashes of light during the months of June and July, catching them and taking them home in a jar.

Now, as an adult, I have an open area of grass behind our house and one late evening, while watching their flickering lights, I suddenly realized I only knew lightning bugs from a spectators' vantage point.  I needed to dig deeper.  What were the rules of their game?  Why were they in such a hurry?

Turns out, there was more there than met my eyes.  First, I learned from Scientific American, that these insects are neither bugs nor flies, they are beetles.  Then I wondered how these bioluminescent beetles could produce a light bright enough that it was easily seen from hundreds of feet away?  Here again, SA revealed that fireflies produce light in special organs in their abdomens by combining a chemical called luciferin, enzymes called luciferases, oxygen, and the fuel for cellular work, ATP. 

Entomologists think they control their flashing by regulating how much oxygen goes to their light-producing organs.  Furthermore, the flashes I see in my backyard are the Firefly language of love.  They are the mating signals generally sent by males looking for females.  They flash a specific pattern while they fly, hoping for a female reply.  If a female, waiting in the grass or bushes, likes what she sees, she responds back with a flash of her own.  They will engage in this 'twinkling conversation' until the male locates the female and they mate.  Each species has its own pattern—a code that lets individuals identify appropriate mates of the same species.

They can spend up to two years in a larval stage before metamorphosing into adults.  Adults may live only a couple of weeks, and most do not eat during this time—they just mate, lay eggs, and die.

Outdoor lights prevent fireflies from seeing each other's flashes, creating a difficult time for them to find mates.  Other potential threats include habitat loss, pesticide use, and climate change.  Turn off your lights at night during Firefly season to ensure you have a beautiful display for years to come.

And as I reflect back to my childhood' days, by bringing fireflies home in a jar, I no doubt terminated potential love affairs.  There were females and males longing for lovers, lovers who would never show because a young boy intervened.  Apologetically, I was fascinated with this remarkable creature of nature; a well-intentioned curiosity for one of nature's countless miracles". 

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