Welcoming whole-heartedness . . .
Wednesday, April 2, 2025. It's Odin's day … After overnight rains, Moderate to strong Westerlies are forecasted to bring a mix of sun and clouds to TulseyTown today with upper 70's, becoming Northerlies tonight. Rains likely to return tonight and tomorrow continuing over the weekend.
Musk and Trump's meaningless millions: Wisconsin has embarrassed Trump and Musk.
While Wisconsin judge Susan Crawford was celebrating her election win, New Jersey Senator, Cory Booker delivered the longest speech in United States Senate history.
Lots of writer reminders in the mailbox this morning.
Camille Paglia turns 78 today. The author and social critic was born in 1947 Endicott, New York.
The world's most famous womanizer, Giacomo Casanova, was born in this date in Venice in 1725.
… and no, that paring is not an April Fool Joke …
Danish author and poet Hans Christian Andersen, born in 1805 in the town of Odense.
And, Writer Émile Zola was born today in 1840 Paris.
2001: A Space Odyssey, landed in theatres today in 1969. Directed by Stanley Kubrick, the science-fiction film, set the benchmark for all subsequent movies in the genre and consistently ranks among the top 10 movies ever made.
When we are enlightened, we will be fully awake to our deepest nature, which is fundamentally open-hearted, open-minded, and available for others. We will know this to be true beyond any doubt, beyond any going back. In this state, we will possess the greatest possible wisdom and skill with which we can benefit others and help them to awaken completely themselves. – Pema Chödrön, Welcoming the Unwelcome: Wholehearted Living in a Brokenhearted World, Shambhala, 2019.
The unbearable lightness of May flowers . . .
Tuesday, April 1, 2025. It's Tiw's day . . . and apropo April showers arrive tonight and that's no April Fool. A windy day with Southeasterlies have begun pushing clouds over TulseyTown ahead of a likely stormy night tonight. Winds are forecasted at 20 to 30 mph occasionally gusting over 40 mph. High 74F. Tonight, tornadoes and hail are possible. The weatherfeather indicates rain and storms are likely all the way through the rest of the week and the coming weekend. Find yer bumbershoot and duck jacket.
Reminders from heroes and role models for yers trooley were in the mailbox this morning before the winds picked up:
Today is the birth date of Abraham Maslow. The American psychologist and philosopher was born in 1908, New York City. He is best known for his self-actualization theory of psychology , which argued that the primary goal of psychotherapy should be the integration of the self.
Science fiction and fantasy author Anne McCaffrey was born today in 1926 Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1926.
Czech author Milan Kundera was born in 1929 Brno, Czechoslovakia. Best known for his novels, especially The Unbearable Lightness of Being one of my fave books and films.
And, one of the world's foremost composers and pianists, Sergey Rachmaninoff ,was born in 1873, Oneg, near Semyonovo, Russia.
Our psyches have been under continued manipulation by the patriarchal paradigm that we were raised in, clouding an understanding of matters deeper than the duality our brains are addicted to. There is another Way.
Who are you? We are less noun and more verb. I am James, certainly far more than the categories I might come up with as an answer. We are a wave in an ocean of possibility, unfolding in each moment-by-moment instant as it has been, and continues to be. As all are unique, including each flower of May, it is still flower. My Self? You? Love.
Remember to keep the Bach door open …
Monday, March 31, 2025. It's the Moon's day . . . Forecasts indicate moderate Northeasterlies for TulseyTown today, with mixed clouds and sun after a chilly, cloudy morning, and low 60's. Lots of weather this week. Rains and storms are on the calendar's week ahead.
The light we seek is already in us. There is no need to “find” it. We need to shine it on our world. Thereby is it reflected back to us. The sounds we hear are the echoes of our own voice.
In the mailbox this morning:
Johann Sebastian Bach was born on this date in 1685. Generally regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time, he was born in Eisenach, Thuringia, Ernestine Saxon Duchies [Germany].
Trump and his team are harboring a “delusional obsession” that we can get along without regulation and leave matters to the invisible hand – former Governor Jerry Brown cited by Nathan Gardels in Noema Magazine online 3.29.25.
Evil finds its almost perfect camouflage in the silent agreements of the group when it appears personally advantageous. Such is no less true for organized religions than for governments and corporations. And we are fully complicit in it. Yet, there are islands of sanity. – Fr. Richard Rohr, in Meditations, The Center for Action and Contemplation.
Today is the birth date of René Descartes. Often called the father of contemporary philosophy, he was born in 1596, La Haye, Touraine, France.
We rely on gifts from the universe to live (air, water, food). We live together with all things. Why is it necessary to think we’re superior? This is like our stomach thinking it’s more valuable than other parts of our bodies. – Kodo Sawaki Roshi, Education and Work, Shambhala, 2.18.25