On a Glass mountain…
Saturday, January 31, 2026. It's the Satyr's day . . . A really cold day is in the forecasts along with sunny skies and calm winds. The high this afternoon in TulsyTown is projected to be only in the 20's. A warmer Sunday and Monday, with a weeks worth of unseasonably warm conditons starting Thursday.
Thomas Merton, the Trappist monk and author of over 50 books, was born in 1915 Prades, France.
Can there be any doubt where wars come from and where peace comes from, when the children of this world, excluding God from their peace conferences, only manage to bring about greater and greater wars the more they talk about peace?” – Thomas Merton, The Seven Storey Mountain, Hartcort Brace. 1948
Why indict Don Lemon? – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse.
The [Trump] administration is appealing to the MAGA racist and Christian nationalist base by demonstrating that it is willing to violate the Constitution to impose MAGA’s ideology on the nation …. That's what the arrests of Don Lemon and several demonstrators is all about. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American, posted last night for this morning.
Birthdays
The prolific and controversial author Norman Mailer born in 1923 Long Branch, New Jersey.
Musicologist Alan Lomax was born in 1915 Austin, Texas. He discovered Lead Belly, and introduced America to Woody Guthrie among many.
And, composer Philip Glass turns 89 today. He was born in 1937, Baltimore, Maryland.
On a Glass mountain.
Because the ice-burg has many tips . . .
Friday, January 30, 2026. It's Freya's (Frigg's) day . . . and forecasts indicate a cloudy afternoon with moderate Northerlies and a cold mid 30's. Winds are to pick up a bit tonight, clearing the skies but dropping temperatures to the single digits by dawn tomorrow.
The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way… As a man is, so he sees. – William Blake, born a month ago today in1757 London, England.
It’s FDR’s birthday. Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States, was born in 1882, Hyde Park, New York.
Today is the anniversary of Bloody Sunday, On this day in 1972 a demonstration in Londonderry Northern Ireland when a peaceful group of protesters were fired on by British troops, killing 14.
Christian Bale is 52 today. The multi-laureate awarded actor was born in 1974, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
Vanessa Redgrave is 89 today. Another multi-laureate awarded actor, she was born in 1937, London, England.
Barbara Tuchman was born on this date in 1912, New York City. The author of The Guns of August, she was one of the foremost American popular historians in the second half of the 20th century and two time Pulizter Prize laureate.
Public outrage has given Senate Democrats a powerful lever. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American, posted last night.
The death of civil rights in America? – Robert Reich, online, for 1.30.26
Fulton County Georgia, the tip of an ice-burg for where you live? – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse.
And not least: It's the birthdate of my mentor from afar and fave poet/novelist Richard Brautigan. The author of Trout Fishing in America was born in 1935 Tacoma, Washington. After “Trout” I was captivated by Willard and His Bowling Trophies and The Hawkline Monster.
Just Because
Just because
people love your mind,
doesn't mean they
have to have
your body,
too. — Richard Brautigan
The emperor wears no clothes . . .
Thursday, January 29, 2026. It's Thor's day . . . another cold front is in the forecasts for TulseyTown with Northerlies, clouds and mid 40's by afternoon. Clouds and colder tomorrow and Saturday.
The king cannot lie repeatedly and nakedly and demand to be believed. One can conclude only that if his lips are moving he is lieing. After that comes the deposing.
Speaking of royalty: Oprah Winfrey is 71 today. She was born in 1954, Kosciusko, Mississippi.
And Germaine Greer was born on this date in 1939, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Today in 1845 Edgar Allan Poe's poem “The Raven” was first published, appearing in the New York Mirror.
The Russian playwriter Anton Chekhov was born today in 1860, Taganrog, Russia.
And one of America's greatest comedians, W.C. Fields, was born today in 1880, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.