Long life . . .
Tuesday, February 3, 2026. It's Tiw's day . . . Northerlies return to TulseyTown, so say the forecasts, bringing a cooler next two days in the 50's before turning into a ten day stretch of 70's and a preview of Spring coming attractions.
It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own. —Marcus Aurelius
February is Black History Month and the [Trump] administration is openly working to replace American multiculturalism with white nationalism, launching raids by federal agents to terrorize Brown and Black Americans as well as white Americans who reject MAGA ideology. – Heather Cox Richardson in Letters From An American.
The world no longer trusts Christians who “love Jesus” but do not seem to love anything else...We have to trust the messenger before we can trust the message, and that seems to be Jesus’s strategy. Too often, we have substituted the messenger for the message. – Fr. Richard Rohr, “That By Which We See.” Meditations, The Center for Action and Meditation, 12.28.25.
All my mornings are Mondays. – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse.
The prolific author James Michener was born today in 1907 Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
It's also the birthdate of Gertrude Stein. She was born in 1874, Allegheny City [now in Pittsburgh], Pa.
Nathan Lane is 69 today. The multi-laureate award actor was born in 1956, Jersey City, New Jerse.y
Buddy Holly was killed in a plane crash on this day in 1959, making this day “the day the music died,”
Lives, as short as they may be, live on in unexpected ways.
Snow Moon revelations . . .
Monday, February 2, 2026. It's the Moon's day … and indeed it is. The “Snow Moon” is full tonight over TulseyTown. Today's forecasts indicate a sunny morning and a cloudy afternoon with 60's ahead of a week of mostly sunny 60's.
When the moon has horns the weather changes.
Today is Groundhog Day, in the United States and Canada.
It's the birthday of James Joyce, born in 1882, Dublin, Ireland. It's also the day in in 1922 that his now famous novel Ulysses was published in Paris by Sylvia Beach, the owner of the bookstore Shakespeare and Company. Ulysses is now considered a masterpiece tipping point of the modern age.
The No Kings movement just announced that there will be another No Kings Day on March 28 — and given the Trump administration's escalating brutality and authoritarianism, it needs to be the biggest and most powerful No Kings Day yet.
Miller’s white nationalism is not the concept on which this nation was built. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.
America, the greatest country in the world? Cautionary note: there are numerous four-letter words in this piece from Aron Sorkin's series “The Newsroom.” That said, every American could benefit from viewing it. – found and sent to me by my genius friend-in-awe Raymon Pearcey following a long conversation over Sunday coffee.
This and every moment . . .
Sunday, February 1, 2026. It's Sol's day . . . and forecasts for TulseyTown indicate easy Southerlies bringing Sol’s sunny skies and upper 40's to the afternoon. Tomorrow provides a preview of a week's worth of mild 60's.
Karma means that past thoughts and actions have led to this moment. It also means that this moment is the birthplace of the next. What we think, how we feel, what we do—it all matters.
Confessions of a writer who also insists she is Christian. – Liz Charlotte Grant, “Beyond literalism,” in Meditations, The Center for Action and Contemplation.
Trees grow from their roots. The roots send up green shoots. This past week, green shoots emerged. – Robert Reich, “Green Shoots,” on Sunday Thoughts, online for today, 12.1.26
Today is the anniversary in 1961 of the first “sit-in” that sparked the Civil Rights Movement in America.
And, it's the birthday of the poet/novelist/playwriter Langston Hughes. He was born in 1902 Joplin, Missouri.
No time for meditation? For prayer? There are no “bad” buddhists. "Bad Buddhist" really means being authentic. It’s about showing up as you are and giving what you can give – two minutes of silence – amid the chaos of life. Then, going through it all aware of each moment. That’s the practice. Why struggle to fit something into your already busy life when your busy life is where the dharma is? – bell hooks
Sun Song
Sun and softness,
Sun and the beaten hardness of the earth,
Sun and the song of all the sun-stars
Gathered together,—
Dark ones of Africa,
I bring you my songs
To sing on the Georgia roads.
– Langston Hughes, “Sun Song” is in the public domain.