A bright idea . . .
Saturday, February 28, 2026. It's the Satyr's day . . . Forecasts for TulseyTown indicate slight rain chances for rain the next several days. Likely mid week. Increasing clouds late today after another possible record high in the low 80's with moderate to strong Southerlies.
Today's Mailbox was jammed to the seams with politics and this reminder:
Gratefulness is possible with the awareness of the fragility of what we have.
That said . . .
Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu launched co-ordinated strikes across Iran this morning. Iran is retaliating with missle attacks in Israel and on U.S. bases in the region.
Trump is about to turn CNN into his own private FOX. – Miles Taylor, Defiance. 2.27.26.
DIRECTV is warning of the danger of mega ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC mergers impacting local news coverage.
(… Whew … )
Today is the birthday of Paul Krugman. The Nobel Prize laureate economist and journalist was born in 1953, Albany, New York.
The internationally acclaimed architect and designer Frank Gehry was born today in 1929, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
And, Linus Pauling was born on this day in 1901, Portland, Oregon. The theoretical physical chemist became the only person to have won two unshared Nobel Prizes.
My uncle, Eugene Wilson Young, survived WWII as a B24 gunner. He became a geologist after the war. It was a fine day, so he told me, when he came up with a bright idea.
My Uncle's Bright Idea
Eugene Wilson we called him, had an idea:
Take home as many oil well core samples
as would fit into his new Volkswagen Golf –
a German made auto he swore
he'd never drive
much less purchase –
put them on a lathe at his workshop
and using carbon fiber sandpaper
polish them into lamp bases,
some of which now adorn my abode's rooms
bringing the light he searched for years
to share.
– jab
Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy. – Thomas Merton
The magic of loneliness . . .
Friday, February 27, 2026. It's Freya's day . . . a near Summer afternoon is in the forecasts for TulseyTown. Moderate Southerlies are to bring low 80's and bright sunny skies.
The world makes its own magic; but we can enchant ourselves by paying deep attention. – Diane Ackerman
The poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born on this day in 1807 Portland, Maine. My old poetic stomping grounds.
Today is also the birthdate of John Steinbeck He was born in 1902 Salinas, California.
And, the Academy Award Laureate actor Elizabeth Taylor was born today in 1932, London, England.
Things aren't going Trump's way, so of course he wants to seize the election. – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse.
It’s reasonable to assume the next several months are going to be a morass of lies and disinformation. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.
Stress, Survival & the Sex Drive, posted by Commune for women (and men maintaining their savvy).
We are lonesome animals. We spend all life trying to be less lonesome. A writer out of loneliness is trying to communicate like a distant star sending signals. He isn’t telling or teaching or ordering. Rather he seeks to establish a relationship of meaning, of feeling, of observing. It’s why we tell stories hoping there is a listener. – John Steinbeck, Steinbeck: A Life in Letters, Viking. 1975.
So much hurt . . .
Thursday, February 26, 2026. It's Thor's day . . . but, no thunder in the forecasts. In the news, perhaps, but clear skies in TulseyTown as Spring continues to advance. Moderate Northerlies are to bring mid 70's after noon.
Tracking the fallout:
Some key materials related to a woman who made an accusation against President Trump are missing from the Epstein files
Former president of Harvard, Larry Summers, has resigned after revelations regarding his association with Epstein.
Trump's SOTU speech was a deliberate division of the country into “us” and “them,” a classic authoritarian move. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.
Full disclosure: I did not watch Trump's SOTU speech Tuesday night. Reports Wednesday indicated it was even more filled with lies than last year, ignoring the Epstein scandal and the victims gathered in the hall. I wouldn’t know first hand – Instead, I was with thousands – if not millions – of like-minded folks who were watching multiple and purposefully alternative events. Hopefully in advance of another “No Kings” gathering across the nation coming up toward the end of the month.
Today . . .
President Woodrow Wilson established the Grand Canyon National Park on this date in 1919.
And in 1929, Grand Teton National Park was formally established.
Playwright Christopher Marlowe was baptized in Canterbury, England, on this date in 1564.
Today is also the birth date of Victor Hugo. The French author of The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Les Misérables was born in 1802 Besançon, France.
One of the first rock-and-roll stars, Fats Domino, was born in 1928, New Orleans, Louisiana.
And, Johnny Cash was born on this day in 1932, Kingsland, Arkansas.