Mysteries in the sky . . .
Thursday, January 8, 2026. It's Thor's day . . . morning thunderstorms are forecasted to yield to a sunny, windy day for TulseyTown. Yesterday was supposed to be the last 70º day for a while … turns out not so … today holds that prediction. Strong Southerlies are to become Northerlies tonight bringing temperatures down, dare I report, for ten days.
Today in 1981, a mysterious UFO sighting was reported at Trans-en-Provence, France. Thoroughly researched, it remains unexplained.
The family-owned company that operates The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has said that the newspaper would cease publication on Sunday, May 3, signaling the end of the dominant newspaper for western Pennsylvania.
Today is the birthday of Elvis Presley, born in 1935 Tupelo, Mississippi.
Physicist Stephen Hawking was born today in 1942 Oxford, England.
And, David Bowie was born on this day in 1947, London, England.
There's a Starman waiting in the sky.
Searching for clues . . .
Wednesday, January 7, 2026. It's Odin's day . . .
Mares’ tails and mackerel scales make tall ships carry low sails. The otherwise clear blue skies yesterday morning before noon contained numerous mare's tails – coordinate with the U.S. Weather Bureau forecasts for good rains beginning tomorrow in TulseyTown. Forecasts for today indicate increasing cloudiness with moderate Southerlies and the last 70º day for at least the next ten days as cooler conditions prevail.
Your naivety is not. It is your source of wisdom: the navigational map of The Way.
Today is the birthday of St. Bernadette of Lourdes. She was born on this day in 1844, Lourdes, France.
It’s also the birthdate of Zora Neale Hurston. The writer, anthropologist, folklorist, and documentary filmmaker was born in 1891 Notasulga, Alabama.
Jann Wenner is 79 today. The publisher of Rolling Stone was born in 1946 New York City.
And, Katie Couric turns 68. A television host at all of the Big Three television networks she was born in 1957, Arlington, Virginia.
Dancing Donald. – Heather Cox Richardson in Letters From An American.
Trump is attempting to rewrite the history of January 6th. – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse.
Today in 1972, the existence of a cosmic black hole was confirmed for the first time.
I’m tempted to make a joke of the previous three items. Hmmm… just did.
Searching for a clue about how to navigate the emerging landscape...The isms create chasms that too many of us have fallen into. The walls erected by phobias were meant to keep the Other out, but instead have imprisoned those who built them...Perhaps ironically, it was a man who showed the way to my Mother. – – Mirabai Starr, “How I Met My Mother in a World Out of Balance” 1.6.26
Fantastic fog . . .
Tuesday, January 6, 2026. It's Tiw's day … a sunny day in TulseyTown. Forecasts indicate moderate Northerlies and mid 70's for the afternoon.
So, what is “mindfulness?” Mindfulness is the present moment ....a direct and wordless experience of presence. Mindfulness is not a thought, but rather attention itself. It is open-ness without agenda. Thoughts/words are “doing.” Like the words you are reading. Mindfulness is “being”–like the spaces between these words and the space remaining at the end of this sentence before the next one
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Higher education and the future markedly changed by Ai.
Sophie Strand and scientific animism. A fascinating read In Make Me Good Soil, posted yesterday 1.4.26
Trump's Venezuelan quagmire. – Robert Reich, online.1.4.25
Birthdays
Novelist Elizabeth Strout turns 70 today. She was born in 1956 Portland, Maine.
It's the birthdate of E.L. Doctorow. The novelist, editor, and professor was born on this day in 1931 the Bronx, New York.
It's also the birthdate of Carl Sandburg. The poet, historian, novelist, and folklorist was born in 1878, Galesburg, Illinois.
Fog
The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.
– “Fog,” published in Chicago Poems, Henry Holt and Company, 1916
And its the birthdate of composer Max Bruch. He was born in 1838, Cologne, Germany.
Josh Bell creates reality from a fantasy.