The wandering mind . . .
Saturday, August 9, 2025. It's the Satyr's day . . . and the weatherfeather has turned into a rubber stamp: Southerlies, a few clouds, and indices above 100º.
You can’t depend on your judgment when your imagination is out of focus. — Mark Twain
The award laureate actress, Audrey Tautou (Amélie), turns 49 today She was born in 1976, Beaumont, Auvergne, France
Today in 1854, Henry David Thoreau published Walden.
The poet Philip Larkin was born on this day in 1922 Coventry, England. He was considered one of the great English poets of his time.
Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget, born in 1896 Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Known for his research in child development and as the author of The Theory of Cognitive Devlopment which included major pioneering research in human intelligence.
Can you coax your mind from its wandering
and keep to the original oneness?
[…]
having without possessing,
acting with no expectations,
leading and not trying to control:
this is the supreme virtue.
— Lao Tzu, The Tao Te Ching, verse 10, translation by Stephen Mitchell.
A boat with no rudder . . .
Friday, August 8, 2025. It's Frigg's (Freya's) day . . .and forecasts for TulseyTown call for yet another 100º day, with moderate to strong Southerlies.
It's not a race to the bottom. It’s the opposite. It’s a means of avoiding the bottom. – Robert Reich, online, 8.8.25
Taking a break is not the same thing as quitting. In our “all or nothing” world, the combination of the two, means, simply, we don't have to be pushing all the time. – Victoria Balme, Risk Forward, Hay House. 2021
No chickens. – Joyce Vance, Civil Discouse, yesterday.
Dustin Hoffman is 88 today. The multi-laureate award actor was born in 1937, Los Angeles, California.
Nixon resigned the presidency, 51 years ago today (1974).
Resentment, bitterness, and holding a grudge prevent us from seeing and hearing and tasting and delighting. – Pema Chödrön
Meditation Mine-Field
“The mob within the heart” – Emily Dickenson
love, care, anxiety, resentment, tenderness, attachment,
hurt, upset, frustration, bored, restless, lonely,
apprehensive, belligerent, revengent,
potshots at our own feet the ego takes
in singularly advantageous moments
all the way to all at the same time:
leaving us with no toes
trying to navigate a boat with no rudder
with our feet.
Hands-like-clouds, feet like clouds,
thoughts like clouds.
calm, peaceful, joyous, compassionate.
Who knew?
Good to know.
– jab
Thunder in the night moves poets . . .
Wednesday, August 6, 2025. It's Odin's day . . . and the warming continues for TulseyTown with moderate Southerlies, mid 90's.
Pay attention to what you pay attention to. Think about what you think about. Evaluate what you value.
Eighty years ago today the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan.
Poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson was born on this day in 1809 Lincolnshire, England. At the height of his career, he was one of the most famous men in England.
Today is also the birthdate of Andy Warhol. The multi-disciplinary artist was born in 1928 Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. His experimental work generated a lot of noise.
The thunder of bison has returned to the Osage prairie.
Ain't it funny how the night moves with the thunder...