Awake, walking . . .
Monday, October 12, 2026. It's the Moon's day . . . waxing on. Two more near record heat days are in the GreenCountry forecasts. Strong Southerlies, low 90's and more sunshine for TulseyTown's afternoon.
Today is the birthdate of Luciano Pavarotti. The Italian operatic lyric tenor who was considered one of the finest opera singers of the 20th century was born today in 1935 Modena, Italy.
It's also the birthdate of Cesar Pelli, born in 1926, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina. The Argentine-born American architect is widely regarded as one of the 20th century’s preeminent architects. His many internationally recognized designs included the BOK Center in Tulsa.
Poet and Homer translator Robert Fitzgerald, was born on this date in 1910 Geneva, New York.
And its the birthdate of actress, playwright, and novelist Alice Childress, born in 1916 Charleston, South Carolina.
The legal week ahead. – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse.
He's not on the ballot, but his ego is. – Robert Reich, posted this morning.
Ending, beginning: “I don't know.”
Sunday, October 11, 2026. It's Sol's day . . . These carbon-copy days are to change midweek across GreenCountry. TulseyTown’s afternoon today looks like yesterday: Sunny, hot — near record — strong Southwesterlies, low 90’s.
In the end, we either love everything or there is reason to doubt that we love anything. – Fr Richard Rohr, Meditations, The Center for Action and Contemplation.
Ending or beginning? – Robert Reich, Sunday Thought.
[Miles Taylor] spent most of [his] career building DHS, including an agency that was created to protect Americans after 9/11 that has now put us under siege. ICE cannot continue to exist. Period. – Miles Taylor, Defiance. 10.10.26
Today is the birthdate of Eleanor Roosevelt, born in 1884, New York City. She was first lady (1933–45), the wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd president of the United States, and a United Nations diplomat, humanitarian, and one of the world’s most widely admired and powerful women in her time.
Drummer and bandleader Art Blakey was born on this day in 1919 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
No End to a Beginning
– after Frederic Chopin
All composition is a search / through thousands, / if not millions of trials /
– thoughts, notes, words, sounds / – arriving finally at the goal: / Simplicity. /
Yet, you cannot begin at the end.
– jab
Whatever inspiration is, it’s born from a continuous “I don’t know.” – Wisława Szymborska, from her Nobel speech.
Fantasy is a part of reality . . .
Saturday, October 10, 2026 . It's the Satyr's day . . . and the Moon is new. Record high temperatures are in the forecasts for GreenCountry today. Moderate Southerlies, bright sun, and low 90's are indicated for TulseyTown's afternoon.
Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it. — Rumi
. . . retaining “human control” of AIs means purposefully and insistently instantiating the integral element drawn from lived human experience into our entwinement with intelligent machines. The challenge is not just about “disarming” the capacity of AI agents to act on their own, as the Pope has called for, but also about “arming” the integral conception of the human within the integrated cognitive framework in which we already dwell. – Nathan Gardels, “We are already post-human,” Noema, 10.9.26
Texas is no longer a fantasy. – Matt Kerbel, Wolves and Sheep.
Why “wild-caught” matters. The food your fish eat. – Sam Sifton, “The Morning,” New York Times, 10.9.26
Today is the birthdate of playwright, screenwriter and director Harold Pinter. The Nobel laureate was born in 1930 East London.
Giuseppe Verdi was born on this date in a village in 1813 Parma, Italy.
Yesterday was the birthdate of composer Camille Saint-Saens, born in 1835 Paris. His Third Symphony (the Organ) was featured at the first live classical music concert I attended as a teenager. It, along with Beethoven's Fifth at the same event, changed my life. Understatement.