Starry, starry night . . .
Wednesday, August 12, 2026. It's Odin's day . . . and hotter still. The forecasts for Green Country indicate moderate Southerlies, intense sunshine, 105º real temperature, and 111º index for TulseyTown's afternoon.
The moon is new, which should make for good viewing of the Perseid meteor shower which peaks tonight.
Today is the birthdate of Erwin Schrödinger. The Austrian theoretical physicist was born in 1887 Vienna, Austria. He shared the 1933 Nobel Prize for Physics with British physicist P.A.M. Dirac.
Classics and mythology scholar Edith Hamilton was born today in 1867 Dresden, Germany.
Epic motion picture director Cecil B. DeMille was born on this day in 1881, Ashfield, Massachusetts.
The poet J.D. McClatchy was born in 1945 Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.
The creator of the “Dick and Jane” series for beginner readers, Zerna Sharp, was born today in 1889 Hillsburg, Indiana.
And, It was on this day in 1908 that the first Ford Model T automobile came off the new “assembly” line.
Starry, starry night.
The omens of summer winds . . .
Tuesday, August 11, 2026, It's Tiw's day . . .at 9:15 a.m., the hottest week yet is in the forecasts for Green Country. Moderate Southerlies, intense sunshine, 103º real temperature, 111º index is in the forecast for TulseyTown's afternoon.
Forgetfulness is the entirely understandable wish to let go of and forget what never should be forgotten. – David Whyte, Forgetfulness, -from Consolations II: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words.
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is 76 today.
The author of Roots, Alex Haley, was born on this day in 1921, Ithaca, New York.
And, it's the birthdate of U.S. Poet Laureate Louise Bogan, born in 1897 Livermore Falls, Maine.
The Trump administration is laying the groundwork to seize ballots in contested midterm races. While they’ll likely lose in court, losing is actually part of the plan. – Miles Taylor, Defiance, posted today.
Trump’s war on Iran is demanding a resolution, and it is crystal clear that the Iranians believe they are in a position to dictate terms to the United States. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.
Zorro Ranch, Jeffrey Epstein, and Donald Trump's Justice Department – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse.
Robert Reich risks the Luddite label.
Whether the weather . . .
Monday, August 10, 2026 at 9 a.m. It's the Moon's day . . . waning toward new. Weatherwise, Green Country is in a “rinse/repeat” cycle (without the rinse). Forecasts for TulseyTown call for the coming two weeks with moderate Southwesterlies, real temperatures of low 100's and afternoon indexes of up to 110º and overnight lows in the 80's at best. Humid, of course.
Since we never cease to change, the same must hold true of the dharma: The principle that orders the universe – reminding us that chaos has a mind of its own.
The Week Ahead. – Joyce Vance, Civil Discourse.
With criminals in control, what are we to do? – Robert Reich, Sunday Thought.
Donald Trump is a communist. – Miles Taylor, Defiance, posted today.
It's not too early for an update from the Brennan Center on voting safely this November. And just FYI, here's how to contact the Contact the Election Protection hotline should you need: Read the article before you call: 1–866-OUR-VOTE
Yesterday in 1974, Richard Nixon became the first president in U.S. history to resign. – Heather Cox Richardson remembered in Letters From An American.
Minnesota's second Poet Laureate, following Robert Bly, among many other awards, Joyce Sutphen, is 77 today. She grew up on a farm in St. Joseph, Minnesota.
Another Minnesota writer is also 77 today. Mystery novelist Ellen Hart was born in 1949 Minneapolis, Minnesota. She holds the Grand Master designation from Mystery Writers of America.
Two Hollywood landmark films premiered on this date ten years apart. Billy Wilder's film drama Sunset Boulevard opened in 1950 and Alfred Hichcock's horror film Psycho hit the screen in 1960. Both were exemplary film noir genre productions, purposefully shot in in black and white.
And, Aleksandr Glazunov was born in 1865 St. Petersburg, Russia. the major Russian symphonic composer of the generation that followed Tchaikovsky.
Autumn is only a month away . . .