Spring and the birth of creativity. . .

Friday, March 20, 2026. It's Freya's day . . . a record heat is settling over Green Country. TuleyTown forecasts indicate mid 90's, easy Southerlies, clear sunny skies.

Love is an alchemy with high stakes.

The latest on Fulton County. – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse today.

March 28, No Kings! – Robert Reich, “Get Ready.”

Yesterday was the birthday of laureate actor Glenn Close. She turned 79 having been born in 1947, Greenwich, Connecticut.

Creatives' birthdays continued to spill over from the mailbox today . . .

Laureate film producer/director Spike Lee is 69, born in 1957, Atlanta, Georgia; laureate actor William Hurt is 71, born in 1950, Washington, D.C.; children's television Fred Rogers in 1928, Latrobe,Pennsylvania; revolutionary playwriter Henrik Ibsen in 1828, Skien, Norway; psychologist B.F. Skinner in 1904, Susquehanna,Pennsylvania; and the Roman poet Ovid was born in 43BCE in what is now Sulmona, Italy.

Oh, and ... yers trooley celebrates his 84th, having been born on this date in 1942 Tulsa, Oklahoma.

This group has at least one other unifying fact: Today is the Spring/Vernal Equinox. It crossed into TulsyTown at 9:45 a.m. while this post was being written
Speaking of Ovid . . .

Life seems to ask us to fall in love in many different ways … taking the path of love always has its costs and its vulnerabilities but refusing the path of love also has its steep costs … The transactions in deep love and intimacy are not transactions at all, but a form of alchemy, of melding and of a unification that make moveable and even erase our previous boundaries … Whether we refuse love or risk ourselves in love there is actually no sincere path a person can take without having their hearts broken. – David Whyte, “The Cost Of Love” (an invitation to an online series).

What makes us human?

Thursday, March 19, 2026. It's Thor's day . . . and 90º heat is forecast for TulseyTown today. Easy Southerlies are to maintain sunny skies.

Each of us is always changing, preciously impermanent, and lacking any essential qualities that divide and distinguish us from one another.

Yesterday, I opened Pandora's Box, now known a Ai. And, almost immediately afterwards came Soren' post with these questions: What makes a human human, and who wants to hang out with the smartest person in a room. anyway?

Speaking of Pandora's Box...Trump wants a secret network of prisons. His new DHS chief is posed to be the architect. And, I'm embarrassed to say, he's from my home state.

Joyce Vance posted a reminder: we have not forgotten about the Epstein files. In Civil Discourse today.

And the cover-up just gets darker. – Heather Cox Richardson in Letters From An American.

Speaking of dark: Today is the birthday of novelist Philip Roth. The Author of Goodbye Columbus and Portnory's Complaint was born in 1933 Newark, New Jersey.

It's also the birthday of Richard Francis Burton. The translator, writer, soldier, and all-around adventurer was born in 1821Torquay, England. He gave us The Arabian Nights as well as introducing The Kama Sutra to the Western world.

And the legendary African-American comedian Jackie “Moms” Mabley was born on this day in 1894 Brevard, North Carolina.

What I knew 70 years ago. – Garrison Keillor, The Column, 3.16.26

The universe has but one principle:

Create,

subsumed by one word:

Love.

If you haven't changed your life,

it's time.

– after Rumi

IF you were wondering . . .

Wednesday, March 18, 2026 . It's Odin's day . . . Forecasts for TulseyTown indicate a preview of Summer attractions with strong Southerlies, a sun / clouds mix and 80º by afternoon. A massive heat-dome moves into the area beginning today. Forecasts at or above 90º starting tomorrow through the weekend.

The genuine path of unminding is not a religion for the immature – Zen Master Fen-yang

Today is the birthdate of writer John Updike. He was born in 1932 Reading, Pennsylvania.

George Plimpton was born in 1927 New York City on this day. He was the original editor-in-chief of the literary journal The Paris Review remaining there for 50 years. He was also a writer of what he called “participatory journalism,” predating the “new” journalism of Hunter Thompson and others.

Today is the day of the “Gardner Heist” in 1990. It was the largest art theft in United States history.

Yesterday, President Donald J. Trump continued to demand that other countries help the U.S. reopen the Strait of Hormuz for tanker traffic, but one by one, they declined. It is a dangerous business... - Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.

A Note to America's Allies and Friends – Robert Reich, Trump Alone, in substack today.

Why I've waited to comment on the Academy Awards event of this past Sunday: I found myself isolated in disagreement with nearly every award with one exception: “Hamnet” star Jessie Buckley won Best Actress. Not that I found the awarded films unworthy. I saw and enjoyed almost all of them. Clearly the Academy voters saw things through a different lens. C'est la guerre.

While in the mode of self-disclosure: FYI: Just in case you may wonder: On rare occasion when researching the obscure publisher of an archaic quote, I have utilized Perplexity backed up by ChatGTP. If that test fails, I don't use the quote. Otherwise, Ai has played absolutely no part of this blog in its history. Which, BTW, is now 3 years old – January 20 to be exact – with 974 posts as of today, not counting the rare missed ones. And last but not least, my investment: at $33 per month to SquareSpace for the platform that's $1100 over the 3 years and approximately 2 hours of composition for each post. If you're still wondering: SqSp analytics indicate an average of 40 visitors to the site each day over its history, 25 fewest, over 120 on rare occasion. There are 45 of you on the mailing list, so the site is getting regulars from beyond the list. The analytics identify only locale, not url, so unless you send me a note I have no idea who is actually reading. Blind trust and thanks to you reading today,