Creator's of the future . . .
Thursday, August 27, 2026. It's Thor's day . . . Moderate Nor'easterlies are in the forecasts for TulseyTown and Green Country. The afternoon is expected to be somewhat cooler – if you can call mid 90's and an index in the upper 90's cooler — indicating a small drop in humidity. The Full “Sturgeon” Moon peaks tonight and features a partial but significant eclipse The light show starts at 11:15 this evening.
Last night at exactly 9:25 (nine-two-five). – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.
Mother Teresa was baptized on this day in 1910 Macedonia. She founded the Order of the Missionaries of Charity, a congregation of women dedicated to helping the poor, and later received the Nobel Prize for Peace.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) doesn’t need to send agents to polling places to start interfering in the election. They’re already doing it from their desks. – Miles Taylor, Defiance, 8.26.26
Trump is twisting in the wind. – Heather Cox Richardson in Letters From An American.
Robert Reich and Heather Cox Richardson recently ( 8.25.26) sat down for a lively recorded chat. You can watch it here.
The future is not someplace we are going to, but one we are creating. The paths to it are not found but created, and the activity of creating them changes both the maker and the destination. – John Schaar
Even Graceland is mourning today . . .
Wednesday, August 26, 2026. It's Odin's day . . . At 8:30a.m. moderate Northerlies are in the Green Country forecasts, bringing 90's for the next several days. The 100's return this weekend. The breezes bring mid 90's to TulseyTown's afternoon, with an index in the 100's starting around noon.
Dolly Parton died yesterday in Nashville. The entertainment icon was 80 years young.
Goodbye, Dolly. – Robert Reich, “the very best in America.”
Today is the birthdate of the British/American author Christopher Isherwood, born in 1904 High Lane, Cheshire, England.
The novelist Barbara Ehrenreich was born today in 1941 Butte, Montana.
Today in 1944 French General Leclerc's 2nd Armored Division and Charles de Gaulle paraded down the Champs-Élysées in Paris after the liberation of the city from Nazi occupation .
Among the most violent volcanic events in recorded history, the eruption of Krakatoa began on this day in 1883.
The recent SCOTUS mail ballot ruling does not remove anyone from the voter rolls, and Americans are still able to vote by mail according to the laws of their respective states. – Miles Taylor, in Defiance. 8.26.26
Tuesday was the 40th anniversary of the release of “Graceland,” the 1986 cross-cultural tour de force by Paul Simon that is still generating new fans, and heated discussion.
Everybody knows when you're blown apart. Everybody feels the wind blow.
Twins born years apart . . .
Tuesday, August 25, 2026. It's Tiw's day . . . the weatherfeather is offering mixed messages: One says Summer heat is not at all over; while another indicates we may be entering the Fall rollercoaster of heat/cool/. Today's Green Country forecasts indicate another hot, sunny day. Moderate Southerlies with mid 90's and an index of 104º for TulseyTown's afternoon. Tomorrow, cooler.
Apropos “the man behind the curtain.”
Today in 1939 The Academy Award winning film The Wizard of Oz, was released in theaters, starring Judy Garland,
How ignorant do you have to be in order to be a U.S. Senator? – Heather Cox Richardson answers, in Letters From An American.
SCOTUS has weighed in on Trump’s latest elections and mail-in voting executive order. – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse.
The most important question we should be asking every day until the midterm election. – Robert Reich, To Every Voter.In substack posted for today.
A South Korean city is betting on the ocean to solve its AI data center crisis and it's only the beginning. Microsoft is reported to be testing it, too.
Sean Connery was born today in 1930 Edinburgh, Scotland.
Poet Charles Wright turns 91 today. The U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize honoree was born on this day in 1935 Pickwick Dam, Tennessee.
And, conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein was born on this date in 1918 Lawrence, Massachusetts.
Lennie and Gustav surely were twin brothers of separate mothers born years apart.