A peaceful May Day . . .
Friday, May 1, 2026. It's Freya's day . . . and It's May Day. Fittingly, the moon is a Flower Moon. It is the first of two full moons this month. The second, a Blue Moon, shows up at the end of the month on the 31st. A lovely May Day is at hand for Green Country and TulseyTown. Moderate Northerlies, a mix of sun and clouds and upper 60's are in the forecasts for the afternoon.
May Day is one of the most historically significant and culturally diverse observances on the global calendar.
Trump's approval ratings have it a new record low. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.
Joyce Vance posted details of the Supreme Court evisceration of our voting rights, and why it matters, in Civil Discourse.
For May Day, the kind of economic system we need. – Robert Reich, at substack, 5.1.26
Today, film director and screenwriter Wes Anderson is 57. Creator of some of the quirkiest, funniest and moving films, he was born in 1969 Houston, Texas.
Citizen Kane, considered by many critics to be the greatest film ever made, premiered on this day in 1941 New York City. It was written produced and directed by Orson Welles who also played the title role.
Sweet Darkness
When your eyes are tired, / the world is tired also. \ When your vision has gone, / no part of the world can find you.
– David Whyte, “Sweet Darkness,” from The House of Belonging, Many Rivers Press, Revised edition, 2026.
If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work. – Thich Nhat Hanh
Drunk on impressionist echoes . . .
Thursday, April 30, 2026. It's Odin's day . . . forecasts for Green Country and TulseyTown indicate a near Xerox copy of yesterday. Moderate Northerlies, mostly cloudy, and upper 60's after noon.
The genuine path of unminding is not a religion for the immature – Zen Master Fen-yang.
Annie Dillard is 80 today. Born in 1945 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, she's the author of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek which won the Pulitzer Prize.
The controversial Danish film director Lars von Trier is 70 today. He was born in 1956, Copenhagen, Denmark
Today is also the birthday of Alice B. (for Babette) Toklas in 1877 San Francisco, California.
And the painter whose works were seminal to the mergence of impressionism, Édouard Manet, born today in 1832, Paris, France.
How to cope with a spiritual meltdown. – Mirabai Starr
Buddhism may seem to be mostly about fighting the ego, about nonself, about emptiness, but the Buddha said in the beginning, ‘Become friends with yourself, because it is your ego that will have to walk the path.’ To be able to do that—and then to develop deep understandings—we must be friends with our ego. – Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo inWomen in Love with the Divine, by Erica Bassani. Shambhala, 2026.
In each mind, winds stir up a different madness.
Give me the madness of the crazed, selfless lover,
pouring Love's wine, filling everyone's cup.
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Wherever you go, you are with me.
Lead me where you wish.
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The world is our holy mountain.
We are seekers like Moses.
One glimpse of the divine
and the mountain shatters.
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If you want to see God
gaze at the mountain.
We are drunk on the echoes in the valley.
--Rumi, “Here We Are Today,” in Water, translation by Haleh Liza Gaforia, The New York Review of Books, 2025.
Truth is a pathless land. – J. Krishnamurti
Stars shedding dust . . .
Wednesday, April 29, 2026. It's Odin's day . . . Moderate Northerlies continue making a cool day for Green Country and TulseyTown. Some clouds, otherwise a sunny day in the upper 60's in the afternoon forecasts.
Trust your instincts; they may be wrong in interesting ways.
Trump and his loyalists are trying desperately to demonstrate their dominance. Deranged is an appropriate metaphor. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.
The stars came out to shed a lot of dust around on this date . . .
Today is the 15th wedding anniversary of Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton.
Jerry Seinfeld is 72 today. The comedian was born in 1954, Brooklyn, New York
Michelle Pfeiffer is 68 today. The multi awarded laureate actor was born in 1958, Santa Ana, California.
Daniel Day-Lewis is 69, bornin 1957, London, England. The British actor,internationally awarded actor is known for his on-screen intensity and for his exhaustive preparation for roles.
Zubin Mehta was born today in 1936, Bombay [Mumbai], India. The orchestral conductor and musical director was known for his operatic interpretations.
Composer, bandleader, and pianist Duke Ellington was born on this day in 1899 Washington, D.C.
And, Willie Nelson is 93 and still touring and singing with the same guitar. He was born in 1933, Abbott, Texas. Current ticket prices for Willie range from around $35 to beyond $200 depending on the venue.
One reason why stars shed dust . . .