The best and worst of times . . .
Saturday, February 7, 2026. It's Satyr's day . . . Moderate Southerlies are in the forecasts for TulseyTown this afternoon. Sun, clouds and upper 60's.
Charles Dickens was born on this day in 1812, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.
It's Sinclair Lewis' birthday. The Nobel Laureate for Literature was born in 1885, Sauk Centre, Minnesota.
It's the birthday of Laura Ingalls Wilder, writer and author of “Little House on the Prarie,” was born near 1867 Pepin, Wisconsin.
And, the sainted Sir Thomas More was born today in 1478, London, England.
While Republicans are trying to hide what the administration is up to, Democrats are demanding accountability from the Trump administration. Necessarily ugly. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.
[Trump] is using hate and horror to expand his control over people, both American citizens and immigrants, on American soil. Are we the Nazis now? – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse.
Robert Reich gets personal answering some of our FAQ's.
After Rilke – and in memory of Thich Nhat Hanh
Sometimes songs seem to come from
the outside edge of the world.
Inheriting the autumn, the memories of poets
and all the winters where images are gathered
are given back to that eternity. Songsters, poets
painters, carvers live the enduring feminine alone
bringing suffering along with laughter, as do lovers:
those poets of one brief hour. We who create do so
in the name of the longing unnamable,
searching for the face we had before the one
we see in the mirror contradicting our intentions.
To them, to You, we give ourselves; blind, deaf and mute,
unable to contain the best of our things and thoughts
filling tearful eyes as we awake
in stranger's arms.
– jab
One: Not Two . . .
Friday, February 6, 2026. It's Frigg's (Freya's) day . . . Sunny skies and upper 60's with moderate Northerlies are in the TulseyTown forecasts today.
What's congress doing with Robert Reich's prostate? – Some good news.
TulseyTown's Starship Records and Tapes has closed. Another legendary icon, gone.
Tom Brokaw is 86 today. The television journalist anchored the NBC Nightly News for more than two decades — from 1982 to 2004 — was born in 1940 Webster, South Dakota.
It's also the birthday of François Truffaut. The French film critic, director, and producer who pioneered the movement known as the Nouvelle Vague (New Wave) was born in 1932, Paris, France.
Babe Ruth was born today in 1895, Baltimore, Maryland.
And, it's Bob Marley's birthday. The reggae icon was born on this day in 1945, Nine Miles, St. Ann, Jamaica.
Staying apart, separate, distinct, afraid to mix, is the mistake of our world. – Woody Guthrie
Enough already . . .
Thursday, February 5, 2026. It's Thor's day . . . and previews of Spring are in the forecasts. Moderate Westerlies, sunny skies, upper 60's afternoon. Did I say ”previews”? The first shoots of jonquils were up this morning in the front flowerbed of my small TulseyTown cottge
Life keeps asking us a single question: Can you meet me as I am? – JackKornfield, “Bowing to What Is” in All In This Together. St. Martin's Essentials, 2025.
You know what’s going on as well as I do: Trump is justifiably worried about the 2026 midterms...Trump figures that now is the time to try to fix the midterm elections. – Robert Reich, Could Trump Really “Take Over” the Midterm Elections? Online.
“Just the facts:” Repubs are in full-out-panic. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.
Christopher Guest is 78 today. The American and British actor, comedian, screenwriter and director was born in 1948 New York City.
Playwright and screenwriter John Guare is 88. He was born in 1938 New York City.
And, it's the birthdate of novelist William S. Burroughs. A prolific experimentalist, he was born in 1914 St. Louis, Missouri.
Luminesence is a multi-part series created by and for women focusing on sexuality. Informative and empowering. Reader, regardless of your gender, the series is a definite worthy. IMO, of course.
There is always more than enough. -- Fr. Richard Rohr, Meditations, The Center for Action and Contemplation.