Stumbling into beauty . . .
Saturday, September 12, 2026. It's the Satyr's day and forecasts for GreenCountry indicate moderate Southerlies, sun and clouds mixed. There's a 20% chance for a stray Summertime shower or thunderstorm in TulseyTown. High in the low 90's.
Today in 1940, four teenage boys stumbled upon one of the world’s most significant archaeological finds: The paintings on the walls of caves in Lascaux, Dordogne, France, estimated to be 17,000 years old.
With his approval ratings hitting a new low [Trump] just wanted to stand in front of cheering crowds again, while the rest of the world paid attention to the middle East. – Heather Cox Richardson, inLetters From An American.
After the 9/11 anniversary – Miles Taylor, Defiance.
And today in 1846, Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning, after a long engagement by letters, eloped.
How Do I Love Thee?
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of being and ideal grace.
I love thee to the level of every day’s
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for right.
I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.
— Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “How Do I Love Thee?” is a poem in the public domain.
Love's mirror . . .
Friday, September 11, 2026 Love's mirror . . .
It's Freya's day . . . A warm Summer day is at hand for Green Country. At this 8 a.m. hour, forecasts for TulseyTown calls for sun, clouds and upper 80's for most of the day with mid 90's for a late afternoon index. The moon is New.
On this day in 2001, militants associated with the terrorist group al-Qaeda attacked the World Trade Center complex in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington D.C. Another crashed in a Pennyslvana wood having been diverted by on board passengers. Nearly 3,000 people died in the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history.
9/11: 25 years later, what it still means. – Robert Reich, on Substack, 9.11.26
Today is the birthdate of D.H. Lawrence. The writer in multiple best selling and award wining genre and sometimes controversial forms was born in 1885 Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England.
“No form of love is wrong, so long as it is love, and you yourself honour what you are doing. – D.H. Lawrence, The Lady Bird. 1922.
Arvo Pärt is 90 years old today, born in 1935 Paide, Estonia. He is the most performed living composer in the world.
The leaves are dreaming of Autumn . . .
Thursday, September 10, 2026. It's Thor's day . . . At this 10 a.m. hour, thunderstorms and a much cooler day are in store for GreenCountry today. 70's with moderate Northerlies and scattered showers visit TulseyTown's afternoon. 90's return tomorrow.
Purpose may be less about finding one grand calling and more about how we meet each day.
Today is the birthdate of poet Mary Oliver, my fave, born in 1935 Maple Heights, Ohio. I continue to read her, daily.
Message to Canada: Continue the fight. – Robert Reich, Substack,9.10.26.
Following the money, from Germany to the U.S. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American, 9.9.26
True transformation does not invalidate what came before – it enlarges it. The thread of our purpose may remain constant even as its expression changes completely. . .Then the question becomes: What is life asking of me now? . . . You may feel resistance, but you can trust that spirit is always guiding you toward becoming more of who you can be. – Lynne Twist
Mencken, Captain Dave, and the U.S. Navy. – Garrison Keillor, The Writer's Almanac, 9.9.26
Song for Autumn
Don’t you imagine the leaves dream now
how comfortable it will be to touch the earth
instead of the nothingness of the air
and the endless freshets of wind?
…
The wind wags its many tails.
And in the evening
the piled firewood shifts a little,
longing to be on its way.
– Mary Oliver, “Song for Autumn,” first published in Poetry Magazine, May 2005; and reprinted in her Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver, Penguin Random House. 2017. Read the complete poem here.