Celebrating the Marquis on Labor Day . . .
Sunday, September 6, 2026. It's Sol's day . . . Green Country forecasts are for yet hotter conditions. Not much help from near calm breezes and high humidity pushing the afternoon real temperature to 102º with an index of 108º, along with intense sun and a few noticeable clouds.
Coping and Thriving With Catastrophe – Mirabai Starr, Walking the Interspiritual Path, Substack, 9.1.26
Today is the birthdate in 1860 Cedarville, Illinois, of American social reformer Jane Addams. She co-founded the Chicago settlement house, Hull-House, in 1889 when she was 29 years old. A Nobel Peace Prize laureate, she is responsible for the advent of social work as a profession in the United States, as well as the founding of the American Civil Liberties Union.
It's also the birthdate of Marquis de Lafayette, born in 1757 Chavaniac, France. He was a 19-year-old captain in the French army when he sailed to America (1777) and offered to help the American revolutionary cause. And help he did: in the closing days of the war helped confine General Cornwallis’s army to the coast of Virginia.
Labor Day celebrations continue. Heather Cox Richardson reminds us of what and why we are celebrating. Posted yesterday in Lertters From An American.
The place holders. – Robert Reich, Sunday Thought. on Substack today.
We can’t take full credit for our faults, errors, nor our achievements. If we look deeply, we’ll see that all are the result of the entire interconnected universe. That's a description, not an excuse for correcting the wrongs and celebrating the rights we are making on our journey.
Thankfully, some dreams just won't go away . . .
Saturday, September 5, 2026. It's the Satyr's day . . . The Labor Day weekend forecasts for Green Country at this 9 o’clock hour indicate hotter days yet. Moderate Southerlies are to maintain intense sunshine in TulseyTown. Real temperatures to 102º by mid afternoon with an index of 107º.
Someone sober will worry about events going badly. Let the lover be. – Rumi
Beloved poet/novelist Wendell Berry died this week.
Jack Kerouac's novel On The Road was published on this day in 1957 by Viking Press. It was widely regarded as the defining work of the postwar Beat Generation.
Novelist Ward Just was born today in 1935 Michigan City, Indiana.
It's the birthdate of Amy Beach. The celebrated classical pianist was born in 1867 Henniker, New Hampshire. She was the first woman symphony composer.
Avant-garde composer John Cage was born on this day in 1912 Los Angeles, California.
Today is also the birthdate of Darryl F. Zanuck. The innovative Hollywood producer and movie executive for more than 40 years was born in 1902, Wahoo, Nebraska.
And it's the 360th anniversaryof the Great Fire of London, the worst fire in London’s history.
A small group of young Cherokee women have won legal rights for a major waterway in a first such effort in the U.S. – Liz Kimbrough
The Epstein files just won't go away. – Robert Rich, New Legislation, Substack 9.4.26
We need to be ready for the worst case scenario. Voters don’t just need a plan to vote in this election. They need a backup plan too. If you typically vote by mail, be prepared to vote in person if it comes to that.
Coming together on the green . . .
Friday, September 4, 2026. It's Freya's day . . . Windy Southerlies, upper 90's and an index of 106º this afternoon as humidity and heat combine in TulseyTown's afternoon today. Green Country continues to bake.
It was on this day in 1886 that Geronimo, the last major Native American warrior, surrendered after 30 years of fighting.
Beyoncé is 45 today. The multi-awarded singer-songwriter actress and one of the best-selling music artists of all time, she was born in 1981, Houston, Texas.
Tulsa Symphony-in-the-Park is this evening. Gathering at 6pm on the Guthrie Green.
Symphony composer Anton Bruckner was born on this day in 1824, Ansfelden, Austria.
It's the birthdate of novelist and short-story writer Richard Wright, born in 1908 Plantation, Roxie, Mississippi.
It's also the birthdate for history novelist Mary Renault born Eileen Challans in 1905 Forest Gate, England.
The radio commentator and news columnist Paul Harvey was born in 1918 Tulsa, Oklahoma.
And now, the rest of the story . . .
Donald Trump’s Justice Department is putting a gun to the head of every governor in America. The hostages are hungry children. – Miles Taylor, in Defiance, 9.3.26
Hegseth Must Go. – Robert Reich, on Substack, 8.3.26
Room for it all: Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing. We think that the point is to pass the test or to overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don’t really get solved. They come together and they fall apart. Then they come together again and fall apart again. It’s just like that. The healing comes from letting there be room for all of this to happen: room for grief, for relief, for misery, for joy. – Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times,Shambhala, 2016.