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
At the altar of busyness . . .
Saturday, May 30, 2026. It's the Satyr's day . . . It's sweat-pants o'clock for a high humidity Summer-like day in TulseyTown and Green Country. Forecasts include slight rain chances, increasing cloudiness into the afternoon with strong Southerlies and low 90's.
Joy on the signpost indicates The Way to awakening.
We're living in a culture that worships at the altar of busyness. Most of us grew up following someone else's schedule — school bells, work deadlines, family needs — and somewhere along the way, we may have easily lost touch with what mattered most to us. If you don't prioritize your time, someone / something else will. And will fill it up REAL quick. – Marie Forleo
Watch your breath. Your brain will thank you.
… thinking makes it so … – Hamlet. A new study published in Geriatrics in 2026 by Yale researchers Becca Levy and Martin Slade showed that one of the most significant predictors of future brain health was the beliefs participants held about aging itself.
In Trump news:
Today in 2014 Donald Trump became the first former U.S. president to be convicted of a crime after a New York jury found him guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in connection with a hush-money payment in 2016 to the adult-film star Stephanie Clifford, known as Stormy Daniels,
Trump has finally overplayed his hand. A federal judge in Virginia has temporarily blocked the administration from moving ahead with Trump's controversial $1.8 billion fund that could give apologies and/or money to people who believe they were wrongly investigated. It's on hold until at least a June 12th hearing. – Robert Reich, The Final Straw, 5.29.26
Today is the feast day for St. Joan of Arc born c.1412, Domrémy, Bar, France.
Other worlds for hard days. – Sophie Strand, Make Me Good Soil, 25.29.26
And, its the birthdate of the “King of Swing” jazz band leader, clarinet virtuoso Benny Goodman. He was born in 1909, Chicago, Illinois.
For Goodman, there was only one way. If you can't … don't.