Like a rolling stone . . .
Saturday, April 4, 2026. It's the Satyr's day . . . Moderate Northerlies make for a cool day in Green Country Okieland. After overnight thunderstorms the winds are to bring a mix of sun and clouds to TulseyTown today with mid 60's. A ten day warming trend is ahead.
The world could use more loving-kindness. We can do that.
Today is the anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1968 Memphis, Tennessee.
The literary giant Maya Angelou was born today in 1928 St. Louis, Missouri.
It's also the birthdate of blues great Muddy Waters. He was born in 1915 Rolling Fork, Mississippi.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO as it's called, was created on this day in 1949. Heather Cox Richardson provided a historian's reminder in Letters From An American.
Lies, Arrogance, and Stupidity. – Robert Reich, Remembering Vietnam, on substack.
Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don’t claim them. Feel the artistry moving through and be silent. – Rumi
Time sees itself . . .
Friday, April 3, 2026. It's the Satyr's day . . . a cloudy day for Green Country Okieland with rain chances increasing by evening. Moderate to strong Southerlies and upper 70's are in the forecasts for TulseyTown.
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. – Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Creatives who've touched our hearts . . .
Eddie Murphy is 65 today. The actor/comedian was born in 1961, Brooklyn, New York.
Alec Baldwin is 68. The multi-laureate awarded actor was born in 1958 Amityville, New York.
Sandra Keith Boynton is 72 today. Born in 1953 Orange, New Jersey, her children’s books have sold more than 20 million copies. She's also created four-thousand greeting cards.
The stage and film actor Marlon Brando was born in 1924, Omaha, Nebraska.
Singer and '60's Hollywood star Doris Day was born in 1922, Cincinnati, Ohio.
And today is Washington Irving's birthdate. The author, statesman, short-story writer and traveler was born in 1783 New York City. His Tour of the Praries documented a visit to the TulseyTown area fifty years before it became a city.
We’re part of nature, connected to the earth, trees, air, and all other beings. See for yourself if this is true.
Cicatrix
Three churches' unsynched bells
toll a worthless hour of time to fade.
Why is it math is made of tens
when we live in sets of twelve?
A moment's when you notice
time is seeing itself.
– Kate Colby, “Cicatrix” in Poetry, Vol.228, Number 1, April, 2026
The voice speaking from the interior light . . .
Thursday, April 2, 2026. It's Thor's day . . . overnight thunderstorms have left Green County for the time being. Strong Southerlies are in the forecasts for TulseyTown with cloudy skies becoming clearer this afternoon in the mid 80's. More wind and rain chances tomorrow.
The knock at the door changes with the century. The censors wear different costumes. The machinery becomes more bureaucratic, more digitized, more deniable, more market-friendly. But the essential drama persists. Power wants compliance not only in action but in tone. It wants the joke blunted, the sentence softened, the analogy abandoned, the performance pre-edited. Against that pressure, the serious artist or comic does what [Christopher] Marlowe did first with such unnerving brilliance: he makes speech feel alive enough to escape. – Ray Pearcey, “The Dangerous Spark,” 3.30.26
Today is the birthday of Camille Paglia. She is 78. The outspoken feminist and cultural critic was born in 1947, Endicott, New York.
It's the birthdate of Max Ernst born in 1891, Brühl Germany. The painter and sculptor was one of the leading advocates of irrationality in art and an originator in the surrealist movement.
Juan Ponce de León was born on this day, we think, in 1460?, Santervás de Campos, Valladolid , León [Spain]. The Spanish explorer is credited with being the first European to reach Florida in 1513.
The unparalleled laureate British actor Alec Guinness was born on this day in 1914, London, England
2001: A Space Odyssey, was released on this day in 1968. It set the benchmark for all subsequent movies in the genre and consistently ranks among the top 10 movies ever made. The complex and thought-provoking film was directed by Stanley Kubrick and cowritten by Kubrick and futurist and novelist Arthur C. Clarke.
In case you missed it: The four Artemis II astronauts rocketed away yesterday On NASA's first lunar voyage in decades. Huff Post provided a replay link from NASA. It's four hours worth of superb insights and the lift-off.
PBS and NPR are safe for now, with a court-ordered restoration.\
In a related court action, another federal judge has blocked a massive merger of abc, cbs, fox, and nbc – at least for another two weeks.
There is a radical luxury to be found in the occasional purposelessness.