Waiting, on everything . . .

Tuesday, June 2, 2026. It's Tiw's day . . . Morning thunderstorms in TulseyTown are featured in the forecasts for Green Country. Strong NorEasters make for a cloudy afternoon in the upper 80's.

Today is the birthdate of poet and novelist Thomas Hardy, born in 1840, Higher Bockhampton, Dorset, England.

The Salem Witch Trials handed down their first conviction on this day in 1692.

Yesterday, on June 1, 1950, Senator Margaret Chase Smith, a Republican from Maine, stood up against Republican Senator Joe McCarthy of Wisconsin and his supporters, who were undermining American democracy in a crusade against “communism.” – Heather Cox Richardson.

Returning to 2026, yesterday, newsman Scott Pelly unloaded an earful for his bosses at CBS in a face-to-face.

The week ahead. – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse.

Heads up: Oklahoma Governor & Superintendent Candidate forums are Tuesday, June 2, and Thursday, June 4 at TU's Lorton Center. Admission is free both dates, lobby reception with candidates start at 5pm with a Tulsa Press Club led Q&A starting at 6pm. Could be a packed house.

Iran and its role in the president’s deteriorating mental condition take Heather Cox Richardson's primary concern in today's Letter From An American.

The truth about Trump's upcoming birthday bash. It's a propaganda extravaganza that you will pay for. – Robert Reich.

Apparently worried that enough people won’t show up for Trump’s big UFC birthday bash on June 14, the Pentagon is moving in the troops at his insistence and with Hegseth's help. Well, some troops. Only the buff ones. And the young ones. Er, no women. Oh, and there need to be a bunch from outside of D.C. … and they must pay their own expenses.

And, reinforcing what you should already know: Even the “purest” bottled water may be dosing your body with invisible plastics that slip past the blood-brain barrier. New research indicates that people who rely on plastic bottled water may ingest up to 90,000 more plastic particles a year than those who drink tap water alone (4,000).

Everything is Waiting for You

Your great mistake is to act the drama
as if you were alone. As if life
were a progressive and cunning crime
with no witness to the tiny hidden
transgressions. To feel abandoned is to deny
the intimacy of your surroundings.

…

the window latch grants you freedom.
Alertness is the hidden discipline of familiarity.
The stairs are your mentor of things
to come, the doors have always been there
to frighten you and invite you,

…

Put down the weight of your aloneness and ease into
the conversation. The kettle is singing
even as it pours you a drink, the cooking pots
have left their arrogant aloofness and
seen the good in you at last. All the birds
and creatures of the world are unutterably
themselves. Everything is waiting for you.

– David Whyte, “Everything Is Waiting For You,” Available at Many Rivers Press (revised) 2022.

Absolute irony . . .

Monday, June 1, 2026. It's the Moon's day . . . still full, still blue, but beginning to wane. A slow start to a hot, sunny day in Green Country and TulseyTown. Moderate Southerlies and 95º by mid afternoon. Rainy night before midnight is possible this evening. Significantly cooler tomorrow.

The beautiful irony about the spiritual journey is that we find it only leads us to become just as we are. The exalted state of enlightenment is nothing more than fully knowing ourselves and our world, just as we are. – Pema Chödrön, Living Beautifully, Shambhala. 2019.

Trump's past is catching up with him and he can't do anything about it. – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse.

It's Still Capital vs. Labor. – Robert Reich, Sunday Thought.

Today is the 100th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe's birth, in 1926 Los Angeles, California.

Among the most-respected actors of his generation, Morgan Freeman was born 89 years ago today in 1937, Memphis, Tennessee.

Alanis Morissette is 52 today. The Queen of Alt-Rock Angst (according to Rolling Stone) was born in 1974, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Yin and Yang arising mutually is the absolute operationalization of irony. Ms. Morissete captured it.

Everything is record-setting . . .

Sunday, May 31, 2026/ It's Sol's day . . . and indeed it is. Forecasts indicate sunny low 90's in TulseyTown's afternoon, along with strong Southerlies and a full Blue Moon.

The same Spirit that filled the mystic healers fills all who open their hearts….

Today is the birthdate of poet, journalist, and essayist Walt Whitman, born in 1819, West Hills, Long Island, New York. His verse collection Leaves of Grass, first published in 1855, remains a landmark in the history of American literature, an epic celebration of humanity.

The Tulsa race massacre began on this day in 1921 It was one of the most severe incidents of racial violence in U.S. history lasting for two days. An estimated 300 people were killed, mostly African Americans, and Tulsa’s prosperous Black neighborhood of Greenwood , known as “Black Wall Street was destroyed.

Today is the anniversary in 1889 when America’s most powerful men caused the Johnstown Flood. It was the deadliest in the U.S. to date, with over 2,200 deaths .

This is a big deal. Truly an amazing exercise of justice. Robert Reich, Award for Courage, 5.30.26

Week One in 250 to 250. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American. 5.30.26

Clint Eastwood is 96 today, born in 1930 San Francisco, California.

What Clint does after hours.

The absence of an "again" is not a loss. It's an opening. The question isn't how we restore the past. The question is whether we have the courage and the clarity to build something better ...when we get the chance to build again, we should build something worthy of this moment – not a replica of what came before. – Pete Buttigieg