The fool isn't funny . . .
Wednesday, April 1, 2026. It's Odin's day . . . forecasts for Green Country indicate increasing rain chances with low 80's. Thunderstorm chances increase by late afternoon and are likely overnight and into tomorrow morning. The “Pink Moon” is full. It is also the “Paschal Moon.” It rises shortly after 9pm tonight, likely behind clouds and rain in TulseyTown.
The Jewish festival of Seder and Passover begins at sundown tonight.
Today is April Fools’ Day, a day for good-natured pranks, hoaxes, and general silliness. The earliest recorded association between April 1st and foolishness is in Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales in 1392, but playing tricks this time of year is centuries old.
Trump thinks it's his house. A federal judge just said “no, its our house.” – Joyce Vance in Civil Discourse,
The April “fool” wants out of the Iran mess he made, but still doesn't seem to know how. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.
Today is the 50th birthdate of Apple, Inc. No April Fool this.
Rachel Maddow is 53, born today in 1973, Castro Valley, California.
Czech author Milan Kundera was born on this day in 1929 Brno, Czechoslovakia. He is best known for his novels, especially The Unbearable Lightness of Being, which is also a worthwhile film, directed by Philip Kaufman with Daniel Day-Lewis, Juliette Binoche and Lena Olin in leading roles.
It's the birthdate of the Russian composer/pianist Sergey Rachmaninoff. He was born in 1873 Oneg, near Semyonovo, Russia.
And, the psychologist Abraham Maslow was born today in 1908, New York. His work contributed the concept of The Hierarchy of Needs that contained an outline of self-actualization.
A student asked T'ou-tzu, “How about when I don't bring a single thing?”
T'ou-tzu said, “Where did you get this?”
Take thirty-minutes of power manifesting as beauty.
High as an elephant's eye . . .
Tuesday, March 31, 2026. It's Tiw's day … forecasts for Green Country and TulseyTown indicate another blustery-windy day. A slight chance for morning rain is to be replaced by a cloudy, windy afternoon in the mid 80's.
At some point, preparation becomes its own form of procrastination.
Just do the thing.
Today is the birth date of René Descartes. The French mathematician, scientist, and generally regarded founder of modern philosophy was born in 1596,La Haye, Touraine, France. His famous comment “cogito ergo sum” (I think, therefore, I am) underlined what is now called materialist duality and the “body/mind” problem.
Ukrainian-born Russian humorist, novelist, and dramatist Nikolai Gogol was born on this day in the Cossack village of Sorochintsy in 1809.
And, it’s Al Gore's 78th birthday today. The 45th vice president of the United States in the administration of president Bill Clinton, he was born in 1948 Washington, D.C. He was the grandson of Thomas Gore, an early day Senator from Oklahoma.
Speaking of Oklahoma . . .
Oklahoma! the musical first opened on Broadway in 1943, written by composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist and librettist Oscar Hammerstein II—it was the first of 11 musicals written by the iconic team. widely regarded as a watershed in American musical theater history.
In 1998, The British National Theatre production revived the musical. It was directed by Trevor Nunn, then Artistic Director of the Royal National Theatre and stared a young Hugh Jackman in a stunning, break-through performance as “Curley.” Its latest renewal was in New York in a 2019 Tony Award staging. The Nunn/Jackman/National Theatre performance is available on video and worth experiencing.
Aware, of being aware of Spring . . .
Monday, March 30, 2026. It's the Moon's day … waxing to full tomorrow. Forecasts for Green Country indicate strong, gusty Southerlies, sunny skies and upper 80's this afternoon. A busy day around my TulseyTown cottage.
Cultivating mindfulness … allows us to see ourselves and our world quite accurately and precisely … you’re aware that you’re aware. You are not a machine; you are an individual person relating with what’s happening around you. Mindfulness develops this sense of being. -- Chögyam Trungpa
The bottom beneath the bottom of the March Compost Heap. – from Sophie Strand, Make Me Good Soil, 3.27.26
Trump is Turning the U.S. Economy Into a dung heap. – Robert Reich, on substack, 3.30.26
Céline Dion is 58 today. born in 1968, Charlemagne, Quebec, Canada. The Multi award laurate singer/songwriter/producer/philanthropist has ver 200 million records sold world wide.
Eric Clapton is 81. The master guitarist, singer, songwrite was born on this day in 1945, Ripley, Surrey, England.
The multi- laureate actor, Warren Beatty is 88. Born today in 1937, Richmond, Virginia.
And, It’s the birthdate of Vincent van Gogh. He was born in 1853, Zundert, Netherlands.
The week ahead. – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse.
Almost March, before its gone. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.