The strange things done . . .
Monday, August 17, 2026. It's the Moon's day . . . at 9 a.m. early rains were welcomed by Green Country ahead of a much cooler day and respite from the heat for a day. Forecasts for TulseyTown indicate moderate Nor'easters with rain ending before noon. The sun and heat are to return by mid afternoon. With upper 90's and an index of 100º.
Our first egoic glance at life … is largely wrong. And it is largely engendered by fear...For the untransformed self, religion is the most dangerous temptation of all. --Fr. Richard Rohr
The Week Ahead. – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse.
One of cinema’s most acclaimed actors, Robert De Niro is 83 today, born in 1943 New York City.
Mystery writer Steve Hockensmith is 58 today, born in 1968 Louisville, Kentucky.
It's the birth date of poet Ted Hughes. The English poet, translator, and children's writer was born in 1930 West Riding, Yorkshire. Many critics consider Hughes among the best writers in his generation. He was married to fellow poet Sylvia Plath.
Novelist, poet, and short-story writer Evan S. Connell was born on this date in 1924 Kansas City, Missouri.
Today is also the birthdate of Marcus Garvey, born in 1887 St. Ann’s Bay, Jamaica. Among many influences, the self educated organizer created the first important American Black nationalist movement based in New York City’s Harlem.
Charles Horton Cooley was born on this date in1864 Ann Arbor, Michigan. An early social psychologist, he theorized the existence of a “looking glass self,” that the mind is social and that society is a mental construct.
The Yukon “gold rush” got started yesterday in 1896 and Heather Cox Richardson posted a recollection in Letters From An American.
“There are strange things done in the midnight sun by the men who moil for gold. The Arctic trails have their secret tales that would make your blood run cold . . . ” – Robert Service, The Cremation of Sam McGee.
Shock and outrage is part of The Way . . .
Sunday, August 16, 2026. It's Sol's day . . . Yet more heat for Green Country is in the forecasts. 110º index with easy Southeasterlies and the slightest of rain chances visit TusleyTown's afternoon. Breezes shift to Northerly this evening, bringing a cooler day tomorrow.
We are all chidren of Creation, united as One Self with one function: To find our happiness by sharing Creation's Light and Peace, forgiving the world for all the mistakes we have made.
Lots of birthdates today . . .
Madonna is 68 today. She was born in 1958, Bay City, Michigan; Suzanne Farrell is 81 today. The muse of George Ballanchine at the New York City Ballet company was born in 1945 Cincinnati, Ohio; Film producer/writer/director James Cameron is 72. The Academy Award laureate was born jn 1954, Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada; Mystery writer Agatha Christie was born in 1890 Torquay, Devon, England; The humorist, essayist, actor, and drama critic Robert Benchley, was born on this date in 1889 Worcester, Massachusetts; The real “Lawrence of Arabia,” T.E. Lawrence , was born on this day in 1888, Tremadoc, Caernarvonshire, Wales; And, Wilhelm Wundt was born in 1832, Neckarau, near Mannheim, Baden, Germany. He is generally acknowledged as the founder of experimental psychology, moving psychology from general philosophy of the time to a formal scientific endeavor.
Joyce Vance is deeply disgusted. Posted in Civil Discourse .
Beyond shock and outrage. – Robert Reich, Sunday Thought.
Comforting one Lazarus after another – Abraham would be pleased. – Garrison Keillor, The Column.
Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. – Mary Oliver.
Common sense has never been common . . .
Saturday, August 15, 2026. It's a slow start to the Satyr's day at 10:30 a.m. . . . Forecasts for Green Country : Moderate Southerlies, hot at 104º with an index of 109º this afternoon in TulseyTown.A whole degree cooler. Big whoop.
In the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed. – Kahlil Gibran
Stanford researchers have used AI to create 16 viruses not found in nature. – Matthew Brown, at SFGate.
Judge Sullivan has had enough. – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discocourse. 8.13.26
Author Denise Chávez is 78 today, born in 1948 Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Uncompromising, often controversial film director Nicolas Roeg was born on this day in 1928 London. The English filmmaker was known for his striking visual style.
The “first lady of American theatre” Ethel Barrymore was born on this day in1879 Philadelphia, Pa.
On this date in 91 years ago in 1935, humorist Will Rogers and pilot Wiley Post, died in a plane crash flying from Fairbanks, Alaska, to Point Barrow. FYI — I went to high school in Tulsa, named after Rogers.
“You know, everybody's ignorant, just on different subjects. All I know is just what I read in the papers, and that's an alibi for my ignorance.” – Will Rogers