The Catcher is in the rye . . .
Tuesday, June 16, 2026. It's Tiw's day . . .Moderate Southerlies return to Green Country today. Forecasts call for mostly sunny skies, low 90's in TulseyTown's afternoon. It's Primary Election day in Okieland. In addition to office holder candidates there is one state question on the ballot: establishing a new wage-per-hour and its future adjustments.
Today is Bloomsday, and James Joyce fans all over the world are celebrating. It commemorates the day on which the events of his novel Ulysses take place.
Entering our fifth year together. – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse.
An honerable way to really honor the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. – Heather Cox Richardson. Week-3-in-250-to-250.
Tonal incoherence: The White House UFC fights showed us the America we needed to see. – Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 6.15.26
Trump's “agreement” with Iran. This doesn’t look like a victory. Compared to where the United States and the Middle East were on February 28, when Trump began this war, it’s a terrible failure. – Robert Reich, The Non-victory. substack 6.15.26.
Today in 1945 the United States tested the first atomic bomb near Alamogordo, New Mexico.
NOAA: El Niño is here, and will intensify.
Today is the birthdate of Roald Amundsen. Born in 1872, Borge, near Oslo, Norway, he was one of the greatest figures in the field of polar exploration.
J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, was published on this day in 1951.
Today is the birthdate of Ginger Rogers. The stage and film dancer and actress was born in 1911 Independence, Missouri.
And its the 88th birthday of Joyce Carol Oates. The prolific writer was born today in 1938 Lockport, New York. In her career thus far she continues to be a novelist, short story writer, playwright, poet, literary critic, professor and editor.
Time, absent itself . . .
Monday, June 15, 2026. It's the Moon's day . . . as it begins waxing from its new state. Light Northerlies are forecasted to bring a mix of clouds and sun to Green Country today. There is the slightest chance for rain this afternoon in TulseyTown. Mid 80's.
The Magna Carta, a charter of English liberties was granted by King John on this day in 1215. He was acting under threat of civil war and the result provided the foundation for individual rights in Anglo-American law and jurisprudence theory.
Left out of yesterday's blog, on purpose; The truth about Trump's cage match. – Robert Reich, Sunday Thought, 6.14.26..
The week ahead. – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse
Today is the birthdate of Japanese poet Kobayashi Issa, born in 1763 Kashiwabara, Japan. He’s one of the masters of the Japanese form of poetry called haiku, which uses 17 syllables broken into three distinct units often of 5-7-5.
Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg was born in on this day in 1843, Bergen, Norway.
Blue
Blue heron, duck pond.
Rose sky dawn. Glass reflections.
Absent itself, time passing.
– James Allen Bethel, “Blue,” in 50 Haiku, Prolific Press. Vol.1, Issue 12. 2017
Beautiful mysteries . . .
Sunday, June 14, 2026’ It's Sol's day . . . an otherwise cloudy, cool day is in the forecast for Green Country. Moderate Northerlies bring upper 70's to TulseyTown during the afternoon. Sunshine returns tomorrow through Wednesday. Rain chances return Thursday. Tonight, the moon is new.
Blessed is the one who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving in words evidence of the fact. – George Eliot
Chinese piano vituoso Lang Lang is 44 today. He started lessons at age three, won first place at the Shenyang Piano Competition and performed his first public recital when he was five. Now an international soloist in demand from the world's foremost orchestras and concert halls.
It’s the birthdate of Che Guevara, born in 1928, Rosario, Argentina. A theoretician and tactician of guerrilla warfare, he was a prominent communist figure in the Cuban Revolution.
Harriet Beecher Stowe—whose novel Uncle Tom's Cabin fueled antislavery sentiment and was cited among the causes of the Civil War—was born on this day in 1811 Litchfield, Connecticut.
Does Nature have a “drive?” – Sophie Strand, “Lichenized Lovers,” in Make Me Good Soil. 6.13.26
Bioacoustics is the scientific study of sound produced by or affecting living organisms. The Elephant Listening Project is one of the most ambitious wildlife sound archives on the planet, facilitating forest elephant communication research, directly saving lives, both animal and human. Why whales matter.
You only have what you give. Why is that not obvious?
You get rich by giving yourself away – Isabel Allende
Whoever “Elise” was – still a mystery after 200+ years – she had three who clearly loved her: Beethoven, Steinway, and Lang, Lang.