Swordfishtrombones . . .
It's Tiw's day . . . A late start to the day, at 10a.m. the ink is dry on the forecasts for Green Country and TulseyTown. Hot Southerlies, 100's.
Jesus did not heal people so they could go to heaven; he healed people so they could live fully in this world now. It’s obvious. How did we miss that? – Fr. Richard Rohr “A special note for a hurting world.” Meditations, The Center for Action and Contemplation.
Today in 1939 World War II began when Germany invaded Poland.
Jinny Lind arrived in New York on this date in 1850 for an American tour sponsored by P.T. Barnam.
The creator of the popular fictional character Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs was born on this date in 1875 Chicago.
The Chief Justice of the United States wrote last night – to no avail – that the president’s ballroom is “likely unlawful.” – Miles Taylor, Defiance.
The Biggest Issue in the Midterm Elections – Robert Reich, Substack today.
And today in 1983 Island Records released "Swordfishtrombones," the eighth studio album by singer-songwriter Tom Waits. It was his first self-produced effort and began his experimental phase.
Anxiety is not a disorder . . .
Monday, August 31, 2026. It's the Moon's day . . . Rinse, repeat, without the rinse. That's the forecast at 9 a.m. for Green Country and TulseyTown today and all week. Moderate Southerlies maintain 100º afternoons with indices to the 106º mark.
The egoic “false self,”actually serves a purpose. It just does not go far enough, and it often poses and substitutes for the real thing. That is why we call it “false.” Another problem is that it can hang around for far too long. – Fr. Richard Roher, “Releasing The False Self,” Meditations, The Center for Action and Contemplation.
Maybe we need to stop thinking about anxiety and depression as “disorders” and start regarding them as rational responses to a society that’s become ever more disordered under Trump, and to an economy that’s been leaving so many behind. – Robert Reich, “Who's Nuts?” on Substack today.
The playwright and short story writer William Saroyan was born on this day in 1908 Fresno, California. He wrote brash, original, and irreverent stories during the Depression celebrating the joy of living in spite of poverty, hunger, and insecurity.
Today in 1920 the first radio news program was broadcast on Detroit’s 8MK, now WWJ and still “all news.” It was then and remains part of the Scripps print and broadcast empire. Channel 2 in Tulsa is a Scripps outlet, formerly KVOO, now KJRH.
The Week Ahead. – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse today.
The Buddha said that we are never separated from enlightenment. Even at the times we feel most stuck, we are never alienated from the awakened state. This is a revolutionary assertion. Even ordinary people like us with hang-ups and confusion have this mind of enlightenment Buddhists call bodhichitta. The openness and warmth of bodhichitta is in fact our true nature and condition. Even when our neurosis feels far more basic than our wisdom, even when we’re feeling most confused and hopeless, bodhichitta—like the open sky—is always here, undiminished by the clouds that temporarily cover it. – Pema Chödrön
Keep on truckin' . . .
Sunday, August 30, 2026. It's Sol's day . . . and it's a week of Sol in the forecasts for Green Country. Seven days of 100+ degree afternoons in TulseyTown, with moderate Southerlies. Already 80º at this 8 o’clock morning hour, an index of 108º is expected late afternoon today.
The egoic “false self,” actually serves a purpose. It just does not go far enough, and it often poses and substitutes for the real thing. That is why we call it “false.” Another problem is that it can hang around for far too long. – Fr. Richard Roher, 'Releasing The False Self,” Meditations, The Center for Action and Contemplation.
Consciousness and subjective/objective reality. – Nathan Gardels, Essay, Noema 8.28.26
Today is the birthdate of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley born in 1797, London, England. The English Romantic novelist is the author of Frankenstein, considered to be one of the first science-fiction novels.
The “queen of country,” Kitty Wells, was born on this day in1919, Nashville, Tennessee. A singer and songwriter, she was the first female star of the country genre.
The cartoonist Robert Dennis Crumb, known as R. Crumb, is 83 today. The creator of Fritz the Cat and “keep on truckin'” was born in 1943 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
More about the future: There is some confusion connected to the attempts to define the term karma. Here's my take, fwiw:
Somehow, you have made the causes and conditions that have led to your reading this sentence in this moment, and you are only one of very few in the world who will read this. Reading this in this moment will have an impact on what comes next. What matters most is the quiet space between these words – even between the letters of these words. The past is past. That's why we call it past. The future is not yet. Short version: What goes 'round, comes 'round.
Karma may be why we dream beyond dreams.