I couldn't forget Béla . . .
Wednesday, March 25, 2026. It's Odin's day . . . Strong Southerlies are to bring record high temperatures to Green Country today. The forecasts for TulseyTown indicate windy, clear, sunny skies and mid 90's. Gusty winds are in the forecasts through Friday, turning Northerly Friday morning.
Everything’s miraculous if my heart is open enough and I’m present enough to receive it. – Mark Nepo
Good news for us: Creatives keep being born:
Gloria Steinem is 92 born March 25, 1934, Toledo,Ohio. She famously said “A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.” A leading feminist spokesperson since the mid-20th century, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013.
Elton John is 79. He was born in 1947, Pinner, Middlesex, England.
Sarah Jessica Parker is 60 today born in 1965, Nelsonville, Ohio. She’s won six Golden Globe Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards. Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2022
Aretha Franklin was born on this day in 1942, Memphis, Tennessee, Considered one of the greatest vocalists of the 20th century.
And it's the birthdate of Flannery O’Connor. The novelist and short-story writer was born in 1925 Savannah, Georgia.
It looks like Trump tried to “fix” the stock market. And, if so, it might even have been treason.
“Insider trading” is one thing. It is illegal. But exploiting confidential information about national security for private financial gain is something else again. It puts profit-making above Americans’ safety. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.
“Fixing” the stock market matters. There’s a word for it. It’s called corruption. – Robert Reich, “Trump’s Graft, Insider’s Grift” substack 3.25.26
The 2026 midterms are shaping up as a referendum on exactly this kind of corruption. Trump and his cronies are leaving a paper trail for future prosecutors. So much so, it's like they want to go to prison. – Miles Taylor, Defiance, 3.25.26
Oh, I almost forgot: Today is also the birthday of Béla Bartók. The Hungarian composer was born in 1881, Nagyszentmiklós, Austria-Hungary now Romania. His Concerto for Orchestra is a staple of the standard concert repertory.
Shining light into dark places . . .
Tuesday, March 24, 2026. It's Tiw's day . . . moderate Southerlies maintain a mixed cloudy day over Green Country with some sun peaking. Mid 70's are in the forecasts. for TulseyTown.
Wheresoever we go, we bring light. It's why we are here.
Today is the birthdate of Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Poet, painter, social activist, and co-founder of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers in San Francisco, he was born in 1919 Bronxville, New York.
John Wesley Powell was also born on this date. The geologist and explorer of the Grand Canyon and upper Colorado river was born in 1834 Mount Morris, New York.
Travelers at any major U.S. airport will soon feel like they’ve entered a foreign land. – Miles Taylor, in Defiance, 3.23.26
Trump's reckoning is underway. He has deflected and escalated his way into a global conflict he cannot control with domestic ramifications Republicans cannot endure. It's a death spiral for both. – Matt Kerbel, Wolves and Sheep, 3.23.26
What was actually in the Meller Report? – Joyce Vance shines a light, in Civil Discourse.
Constantly Risking Absurdity
Constantly risking absurdity
and death
whenever he performs
above the heads
of his audience
the poet like an acrobat
climbs on rime
to a high wire of his own making
and balancing on eyebeams
above a sea of faces
paces his way
to the other side of day ...
– Lawrence Ferlinghetti, “Constantly Risking Absurdity,” from A Coney Island of the Mind: Poems. New Directions. 1958.
Children pay attention . . .
Monday, March 23, 2026. It's the Moon's day . . . moderate Northwesterlies are in the forecasts for Green Country bringing a chill to otherwise sunny skies to TulseyTown. Mid 60's this afternoon are to ease the area out of its mid 40's wind-chill of the morning.
Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift. – Mary Oliver.
Today, one of, if not the most important, cases in front of the Supreme Court this term begins. The Week Ahead. – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse.
More creative's birthdays . . .
Kurosawa Akira born in 1910 Tokyo, Japan. He was the first Japanese film director to win international acclaim
Elizabeth Taylor born in 1932 London, England.
Yesterday:
Reese Witherspoon turned 50. The multi-laureate awarded actor was born in 1976 New Orleans, Louisiana.
William Shatner – the original “Captain Kirk” in Star Trek – celebrated his 95th. The actor, author, director, producer was born in 1931 Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
James Patterson is 79. The prolific author was born in 1947 Newburgh, New York.
Andrew Lloyd Webber is 78. The English composer and impresario of musical theatre was born in 1948 London, England.
And, one of the most important figures in 20th-century musical theater, Stephen Sondheim, was born in 1930 New York City.
At The River Clarion
… the river Clarion still flows
from wherever it comes from
to where it has been told to go . . .
while I sit here in a house filled with books,
ideas, doubts, hesitations.
And still, pressed deep into my mind,
the river keeps coming, passing by
on its long journey. Its pale, infallible voice singing.
. . .
And how are you so certain
that it doesn't sing?
– Mary Oliver, from “At the River Clarion,” Evidence, Beacon Press, 2025
– Stephen Sondheim, Into The Woods.