It's still mothers' days . . .
Friday, May 15, 2026. It's Frigg's day . . .At 7:30 a.m. forecasts for Green Country and TulseyTown indicate good thunderstorm chances before Noon. Afternoon clouds and mid 80's.
Love, running full speed downhill wearing a blindfold.
Mothering is a verb. – Sophie Strand, Make Me Good Soil, 5.12.26
One of the hardest realizations in life, and one of the most liberating, is that our mothers are neither saints nor saviors — they are just people who, however messy or painful our childhood may have been, and however complicated the adult relationship, have loved us the best way they knew how, with the cards they were dealt and the tools they had. It is a whole life’s work to accept this elemental fact, and a life’s triumph to accept it not with bitterness but with love. – Maria Popova, The Marginalian, 5.13.26.
The wisdom teachers of every tradition seem to agree that action and contemplation are interdependent....by speaking and writing about the teachings of the mystics, I am contributing just as much to peace on earth as any act of civil disobedience in which others engage. – Mirabai Starr, From the Monastery to the Marketplace, online, 5.12.26
Today is the birthdate of Madeleine Albright, born in 1937 Prague, Czechoslovakia. She was the first woman to hold the cabinet post of U.S. Secretary of State and was the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.
The author of The Wizard of Oz, L. Frank Baum, was born on this day in 1856 Chittenango, New York.
Emily Dickinson died at the age of 55 on this date in 1886, Amherst.
Because I could not stop for Death –
Because I could not stop for Death
He kindly stopped for me –
The Carriage held but just Ourselves –
And Immortality.
We slowly drove – He knew no haste
And I had put away
My labor and my leisure too,
For His Civility –
We passed the School, where Children strove
At Recess – in the Ring –
We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain –
We passed the Setting Sun –
Or rather – He passed Us –
The Dews drew quivering and Chill –
For only Gossamer, my Gown –
My Tippet – only Tulle –
We paused before a House that seemed
A Swelling of the Ground –
The Roof was scarcely visible –
The Cornice – in the Ground –
Since then – 'tis Centuries – and yet
Feels shorter than the Day
I first surmised the Horses' Heads
Were toward Eternity –
– Emily Dickenson, “Because I could not stop for Death – (479)” Martha Dickinson Bianchi, 1914.
Living in war-time . . .
Thursday, May 14, 2026. It's Thor's day . . . Strong Southerlies are in the forecasts for Green Country. Near record upper 80's with sun and clouds visit TulseyTown late this afternoon.
It may be that when we no longer know which way to go we have come to our real journey. – Wendell Berry
The Lewis and Clark expedition got underway today in 1804.
The Most Important Thing You Should Know About the CEOs Traveling to China with Trump: They all have something in common, and it's not the interest of America – Robert Reich, online 5.14.26
Today is the birthday of movie icon George Lucas. He is 83 today. The academy award laureate film producer, director and writer – Star Wars, and Raiders of the Lost Ark among others – was born in 1944, Modesto, California.
Also born on this day, another academy laureate director, Robert Zemeckis. He turns 75, born in 1951 Chicago.
The multiple laureate actor Cate Blanchett is 57. She was born in 1969, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
David Byrne turns 74. Best known as the front man of the influential art-rock group Talking Heads, he was born in 1952, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The musician and interdisciplinary artist with multiple laureate awards is now in the midst of a successful solo career.
Dreaming of Manderley…
Wednesday, May 13, 2026. It's Odin's day . . . in spite of moderate Northerlies, a warming trend feeling like Summer settles into Green Country today. TusleyTown forecasts indicate a partly cloudy day in the mid 80's during the afternoon.
The biggest story in the country, today and always, is that the president of the United States is mentally unwell. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.
Stephen Colbert is 62 today and looking for work.
Poet Kathleen Jamie is 64 today. The national poet of Scotland, she was born in 1962 Renfrewshire, Scotland.
The actress, writer, director, and producer Lena Dunham is 40 today., born in 1986 New York City.
Stevie Wonder turns 76, born today in 1950, Saginaw, Michigan. The singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century.
Harvey Keitel is 87. The laureate nominated actor noted for his supporting roles was born today in 1939, Brooklyn, New York,
And, it's the birthdate of novelist Daphne du Maurier. The author of Rebecca was born in 1907 London.