Nice work . . .

Sunday, November 16, 2025. It's Sol's day . . . Generally clear skies are in the forecasts for TusleyTown today. Moderate Northeasterlies are to initiate a cooling trend with rain chances mid week. Highs in the mid 70's.

Appreciate that you have a path to follow in the world and that you are walking it.

'Tis the season . . . for turning inward. – Mirabai Starr, video blessing.

Acknowledging the intrinsic value and beauty of creation, including the cosmos, elements, plants, and animals is a major paradigm shift for most Western and cultural Christians. In fact, we have often dismissed it by calling it animism or paganism. We limited God’s love and salvation to our own human species, and even then we didn’t have enough love to go around for all of humanity! God ended up looking quite miserly and inept, to be honest. – Richard Rohr, Meditation, “The Dignity of Attention,” The Center for Action and Contemplation.

The Tao of health: Indra's Net – Jeff Krasno.

Birthdays today…

Georgia O’Keeffe was born in 1887, near Sun Prairie,Wisconsin.

Poet Ted Berrigan was born in 1934 Providence, Rhode Island. He was a graduate of The University of Tulsa.

Playwright George S. Kaufman was born in 1889 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

And, muti Grammy Award laureate, Diana Krall is 61 today. The jazz crossover contralto/pianist was born in 1964, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. She and Tony Bennett found some nice work together . . .

Crashing into reality . .

Friday, November 14, 2025 . It's Freya's (Frigg's) day . . . Forecasts indicate the potential for record high temperatures – near 80º – this afternoon in TulseyTown, along with partly cloudy skies and windy Southerlies. Even warmer tomorrow.

Birthdays today: One of the first Impressionist painters, Claude Monet, was born in 1840 Paris; political satirist P.J. O’Rourke was born in 1947 Toledo, Ohio; and cartoonist and author (Shrek!) William Steig, was born in 1907 New York City.

Trump's treason. The verdict of history. – Robert Reich, online 11.13.25

The emails. – Joyce Vance, on Civil Discourse.

We are watching the ideology of the far-right MAGAs smash against reality, with President Donald J. Trump and his cronies madly trying to convince voters to believe in their false world rather than the real one. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.

Chaos has an order all its own.

Control freak years . . .

Thursday, November 13, 2025. It's Thor's day . . . Moderate Southerlies bring a mix of sun and clouds to TulseyTown. Warm 80's in the afternoons today, Friday and Saturday.

Presence and connection – a moment, not a “thing – is as freely available as the air we breathe. We don’t just let go of something, but let go into the moment. With trust, we find that every moment is enough.

Saint Augustine, was born on this day in 354 A.D. Tagaste, Numidia, now Algeria. He helped lay the foundation for much of medieval and modern Christian thought.

Today is the birthdate of Robert Louis Stevenson. He was born in 1850 Edinburgh, Scotland.

Gerard Butler is 56 today. The Scot actor was born in 1969 Paisley, near Edinburgh, Scotland.

Loving kindness for control freaks. – in Tricycle, Kimberly Brown.

First Circadian Blue-Shift

– after Mary Oliver

This is what I know from years

of being me.

From years of being me this

is what I know.

What I know has taken

years. Years

have taken what I know

from being me.

— jab