Pandora lives . . .

Thursday, February 12, 2026. It's Thor's day . . . a mild day is in the forecasts for TulseyTown. Sun, a few clouds and low 70's after noon.

Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln were both born on this same day in 1809. Lincoln was born near Hodgenville, Kentucky. And Darwin was born across the pond in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.

Heather Cox Richardson reflected on Lincoln's legacy in Letters From An American, posted last night. In it, she reminded us of what we have at stake today.

Judy Blume is 88 today. The children and young adult author of more than 25 novels was born in 1938 Elizabeth, New Jersey.

The Epstein mess prompted a response from Sophie Strand yesterday: “. . . for now, I’m looking to the bonobos.” – Sophie Strand, “The Sacred Negative” on Make Me Good Soil, 02.11.26

Robert Reich sees the D.C. grand jury action in the “illegal orders” case as indicative of a citizens' revolt.

Pam the ICE Queen. – Joyce Vance, Civil Discourse.

Pandora Station

Chaos

has an

order

all

its

own.

– jab

When will we find love . . .

Wednesday, February 11, 2026. It's Odin's day . . . sunshine, some clouds and low 60's are in the forecasts for TulseyTown. Easy Northerlies make for a cool afternoon.

Searching for the treasure, you've endured much trouble. Hear this truth:

You are the treasure and the veil hiding it. – Rumi

It was on this day in 1858 that St. Bernadette had her first visions of Mary at Lourdes.

Today is the birth date of Thomas Edison. The inventor that brought us into the electric age was born in 1847, Milan, Ohio.

The philosopher/mathematician René Descartes was born on this day in 1596, La Haye, Touraine, France.

Pico Iyer is 68 today. The novelist essayist and travel writer was born to Indian parents in 1957 Oxford, England.

Multi-laureate awarded actor, Jennifer Aniston is 57 today. born in 1969, Sherman Oaks, California.

Another multi laureate actor, Damian Lewis, is 55, born today in 1971, London, England..

It's also the birthday of film director, producer, and screenwriter Joseph L. Mankiewicz. The Academy Award multi-laureate was born in 1909 Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

When will we find love. – bell hooks, Toward a Revolution of Love, Lion's Roar, January 2026.

I Traveled to Every City

there was none like the city of Love.

This pen feels no pride or shame.

It doesn't laud or lash itself.

It knows it traverses the unknown.

The mind can't contain these paradoxes –

how the pen surrenders form to the formless,

giving the formless form.

…

Who am I when Love obliterates the I

I thought I was, drawing me from one path,

leading me on another?

I could tell you,

but every time I get to this point

the tip of my pen breaks.

– Rumi, “I Traveled to Every City,” in Water, Translated by Haleh Liza Gafori, New York Review Books, 2025.

Staying in precious time. . .

Tuesday, February 10, 2026. It's Tiw's day . . . forecasts for TulseyTown indicate Westerlies becoming strong Northerlies during the afternoon bringing clouds and mid 60's. Clearing overnight.

Every healthy relationship starts with two people who have healthy relationships with themselves.

Any toxic relationship is the result of at least one person’s toxic relationship with themselves.

NYCity Mayor Mandami trumped Trump this past Friday, putting his pen where his mouth has been, in a direct confrontation with ICE and Homan's immigration perversion and violence.

Today is the birthdate of playwriter Bertolt Brecht. He was born in 1898, Augsburg, Germany.

Novelist Mary McGarry Morris is 83 today.The author of Songs in Ordinary Time was born in 1943 Meriden, Connecticut.

And, It's the 56th birthday of Norwegian journalist Åsne Seierstad. The Nobel Laureate was born in 1970 Oslo.

To live without arriving is to learn how to stay.

Pause, Refresh, Repeat

How long has it been that you visited

the landing page of this website?

Let me refresh.

There is no reason to be

swimming in the zen stream

other than (1) you can't not; and

(2) it's a pleasant way to spend

some of your precious time.

Swimming in The Way to “get somewhere”

is to swim against the stream.

Treading in the eddies is quite appropriate.

Appropo, these pages are eddies.

-- jab