How the past becomes the present . . .

Wednesday, October 21, 2026. It's Odin's day . . . after some morning rain showers, the 8 a.m. forecasts for GreenCountry and TulseyTown indicate a reminder of Summer with an afternoon of sun, clouds, moderate Southerlies and upper 70's.

Today is the birthdate of the founder of The Nobel Prizes, Alfred Nobel. He was born on this day in 1833, Stockholm, Sweden.

It's also the birthday of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, born in 1772 Ottery St. Mary in Devonshire, England.

And the writer Ursula K. Le Guin was born on this date in 1929 Berkeley, California.

Some U.S. officials are privately and quietly advising states fearful of Trump election meddling

Protecting Humanity from AI.-- Robert Reich, “5 essential guardrails.” on Substack, 10.20.26 posted for today.

How the past becomes the present . . . - Heather Cox Richardson in Letters From An American

Glass house window washing . . .

Tuesday, October 20, 2026. It's Tiw's day . . . After a late start to the morning, the mailbox forecasts for TulseyTown and GreenCountry appeared as carbon copies (remember them?): Sunshine, some clouds, moderate Southerlies, mid 70's an a slight rain chances. You can hold on to your copies (smudge free) all week. The Orionid meteor shower is peaking tonight and tomorrow.

Democrats can embrace liberalism as a political asset for the first time since before the Reagan era. – Matt Kerbel, “Of Course,” in Wolves and Sheep. Posted yesterday,

Today is the birthdate of the poet Arthur Rimbaud, born on this day in 1854 Charleville, France,

It's also the birthdate of Art Buchwald. The political humorist was born in 1925 Mount Vernon, New York. He prompted today's blog title.

And, It’s the birthday of the man who designed St. Paul’s Cathedral in London. The architect Christopher Wren was born in 1632 East Knoyle, England.

Lines For A Sun-Dial

With shadowy pen I write,
Till time be done,
Good news of some strange light,
Some far off sun.

— Alfred Noyes, “Lines For A Sun-Dial,” originally published in The New Morning, Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York . 1918. This poem is in the public domain.

A blue wave should do it . . .

Monday, October 19, 2026 It's the Moon's day . . . a warming pattern is settling into GreenCountry, according to 8 a.m. forecasts. Moderate Southerlies, mid 70's and bright sun are in TulseyTown's afternoon.

Today is the day in 1781 that Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, effectively putting an end to the American Revolution.

Spy novelist David Cornwell, who writes under the name John le Carré, was born on this date in 1931 Poole, England.

The Week Ahead. – Joyce Vance. in Civil Discourse.

After ten years of Trump insisting that reports of his cooperation with Russia were a hoax, here we are, watching one profoundly unpopular man tear apart the global system under which we have lived for eighty years in order to climb into bed with Vladimir Putin. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American. Posted for today.

A blue wave should do it. – Robert Reich, The death of the Republican Party. On Substack today.