Grand moments . . .
Monday, December 8, 2025. It's the Moon's day … Forecasts for TulseyTown promise sunshine this afternoon with light Southerlies and mid 40's.
The Week Ahead. – Joyce Vance, Civil Discourse.
The brouhaha over the video of the September 2 U.S. military strike on a small boat with 11 people on it, was explored by Heather Cox Richardson in her Letters From An American posted for today.
The humorist, writer and cartoonist James Thurber was born on this day 1894 in Columbus, Ohio
Today is the birthday of Diego Rivera. The muralist/frescoe painter was born in 1886 Guanajuato, Mexico.
It's also Jean Sibelius' birthday. The composer was born in 1865 Hämeenlinna, Finland. Reared in Sweden, he composed perhaps the grandest symphonic moments in the repertoire.
A full mail-box . . .A full mail-box . . .
Sunday, December 7, 2025. It's Sol's day . . . Strong Northerlies are in the forecasts for TulseyTown, making for a blustery-cold early Winter day today. Wind chill indices are in the 30's all day under a cloud cover.
The Mailbox this morning was full of flotsam and jetsam.
It was on this day in 1941 that Japanese bombers attacked Pearl Harbor.
Noam Chomsky turns 97 today. The public intellectual, socio/political writer, and the man known as the “father of modern linguistics,” (and my mentor from afar) was born on this day in 1928 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Speaking of the denizens of MIT, drug hunters at that institution are using AI to design completely new antibiotics – Adele Peters
[Our Source] is the eternal “I” waiting for those willing to be a “Thou.” – Fr. Richard Rohr, Meditation, The Center for Action and Contemplation.
Cultivating the liberating power of conscious attention. – Tara Brach, video shared 12.6.25
I Looked Up,
What misery to be afraid of death.
What wretchedness, to believe
only in what can be proven.
– Mary Oliver, “I Looked Up,” in White Pine, Harcourt, 1994..
A foggy day in … TulseyTown
Saturday, December 6, 2025. It's the Satyr's day . . . A beautiful morning fog settled into TulseyTown this morning. Forecasts indicate sun and clouds by Noon. Moderate to strong Southerlies are likely along with upper 40s. A bit of a blustery day.
It is not happiness that makes us grateful. It’s gratefulness that makes us happy.
Today is St. Nicholas’ Day in Germany and other European countries.
Lyricist Ira Gershwin was born today in 1896 on the East Side of New York City.
Ulysses was, and is, outside the box of “normal” novels. But “obscene?” No.
Speaking of breaking norms: The jazz composer/pianist Dave Brubeck was born in 1920 Concord California.
So, take a few. As many as five is OK.
Fog never slowed Judy Garland.
Kissing is disgusting … but in a nice way … like blu cheese or brandy. – character Zora Polunachaya in “Head Full of Snow,” American Gods, Season 1, Episode 3. Streaming on Prime and Apple+.