Navigating an uncertain Way . . .
Monday, February 23, 2026. It's the Moon's day . . .another chilly day is in the TulseyTown forecasts before a warming trend settles in tomorrow. It was 16º this morning on my walk to the Mailbox. Much milder mornings ahead. Easy Northerlies with near 50º under sunny skies this afternoon.
The artist’s dilemma and the meditator’s share repeatedly a willingness to confront an unknown and to risk a response they cannot predict or control.
True work is practical work relating to the present moment, to the earth directly. You could be working in the garden, in the house, washing dishes, or doing whatever demands your attention. If you do not feel that every step, every situation reflects your state of mind, and therefore has spiritual significance, then the pattern of your life can become chaotic and you may begin to wonder where all your problems come from. – Chögyam Trungpa, The Myth of Freedom, Shambhala. 2025.
The first printing of the Gutenberg Bible began today in 1455 Mainz, Germany.
Today in 1927 Werner Heisenberg outlined his “uncertainty principle” in a letter to a colleague. The principle became a fundamental component of what is now called quantum mechanics.
Trump and hi$ cronie$ want a disastrous mine operation in Minnesota. Descendents of Theodore Roosevelt have called them on it. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American, 2.23.26
The Week Ahead – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse
Boycott tomorrow's State of the Dis-Union? – Robert Reich, “It’s the least we can do.”
Trump will be lying to a country that doesn’t believe him. Because a majority of the country has lost faith in this administration and isn’t open to hearing about an alternative reality that’s at odds with what they are seeing and experiencing. – Mat Kerbel, Wolves and Sheep, 2.23.26
Your country is loving you back—just not in the way you are used to hearing. It’s not speaking in anthems or flags or ostentatious displays of patriotism. It will never come from the people who say the only way to love America is to hate Americans. Love is found in every act of courage—large and small—taken to preserve the country we once knew. You will find it in homes and schools and churches and art. It is there; it has not been squashed. – Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker in his “State of the State Address” – Heather Cox Richardson in Letters From An American.
The composer of “The Messiah,” and “Water Music,” George Frideric Handel was born today in 1685, Halle, Brandenburg Germany.
Original devices navigating The Way . . .
Figs and soul-mates . . .
Sunday, February 22, 2026. It's Sol's day . . . another reminder that it is still Winter. Northerlies are forecasted to hold wind-chills in the 30's in spite of sunny skies this afternoon. A roller-coaster week ahead.
Wabi-sabi is the cracked bowl. Kintsugi is process of repairing the bowl with gold. We live in a wabi-sabi world. Our mission is Kintsugi. – Jeff Krasno, “Scarred for Life,” 2.21.26
George Washington was born on this date in 1732 Westmoreland County, Virginia.
The philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer was born on this day in 1788, Danzig, Prussia, now Gdańsk, Poland.
It's also the birthdate of Edna St. Vincent Millay. Poet and dramatist, she was born in 1892 Rockland, Maine.
Notes from a half-full-cup guy. – Richard Rohor, Sunday Thought.
There is a reason we search for soul-mates and not self-mates. – Maria Popova, The Marginalian, 2.22.26
First Fig
My candle burns at both ends;
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends—
It gives a lovely light!
– Edna St. Vincent Millay, “First Fig” This poem is in the public domain.
Love's voice . . .
Saturday, February 21, 2026. It's the Satyr's day . . . forecasts for TulseyTown indicate moderate to strong Northerlies maintaining another cold day with sunshine and barely 50º afternoon. A hard freeze Sunday morning in the 20's
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court said “No” to Trump's tariffs. – Joyce Vance provides details in her Civil Discourse
The Supreme Court decision extends beyond tariffs. – Robert Reich, A big decision, 2.21.26
A note for someone you may know: Researchers analyzing data from about 1,000 older adults in the Northern Manhattan Study found that people who dranl more than one diet soda per day had roughly a fourfold higher risk of dementia compared to those who drank one or fewer and may be related to metabolic dysfunction leading to types of diabetes.
Today in 1925 the first edition of The New Yorker magazine was published.
Other birthdays
The British/American poet W.H. Auden was born on this day in 1907 York, England.
Epitaph on a Tyrant
Perfection, of a kind, was what he was after,
And the poetry he invented was easy to understand;
He knew human folly like the back of his hand,
And was greatly interested in armies and fleets;
When he laughed, respectable senators burst with laughter,
And when he cried the little children died in the streets.
– W.H. Auden, “Epitaph on a Tyrant,” from Another Time, Random House. 1940.
The author of Infinite Jest, David Foster Wallace was born in 1962 Ithaca, New York.
Diarist Anaïs Nin was born today in 1903 Neuilly, France.
“Reality doesn't impress me. I only believe in intoxication, in ecstasy, and when ordinary life shackles me, I escape, one way or another. No more walls.” ― Anaïs Nin, “Incest" from A Journal of Love: The Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1932-1934
And, Andrés Segovia saw the light of day today in 1893, Linares, Spain. He was the most important force in reestablishing the guitar as a concert instrument in the 20th century.
How can you share the voice of love with the world if love isn't already inside you?