The devil you say . . .
Wednesday, June 24, 2026. It's Odin's day . . . Rain and more rain remains in the forecasts for Green Country and TulseyTown until Friday.
Today in 1947, American businessman Kenneth Arnold saw a number of objects “flying like saucers” while piloting a small plane over Mount Rainier in Washington. It is considered the first modern sighting of UFOs and gave rise to the term flying saucer.
The novelist Anita Desai is 89 today. The MIT Professor of Humanities was born in 1937 Mussoorie, India.
Stephen Dunn was born today. The multi-laureate poet was born in 1939 Forest Hills, New York.
Poet John Ciardi was born in 1916 Little Italy in Boston’s North End.
It’s Ambrose Bierce’s birthdate. The author of The Devil’s Dictionary, he was born in 1842 Horse Cave Creek, Meigs County, Ohio.
The First Amendment is under a very real and sustained assault. – Miles Taylor, Defiance, 6.23.26
This morning, 101 former judges filed a complaint, asking the New York State Bar Attorney Grievance Commission to “initiate an investigation into Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse.
“...a sense of impending mortality seems to be making our president even more unhinged than ever.” – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American,
Wave ashore: the birth of Ondine. – Jeff Krasno, Dairies of a Dance Dad.
When Pooh gets “bothered” . . .
Tuesday, June 23, 2026. It's Tiw's day . . . at 7 a.m. forecasts for Green Country indicated moderate chances of thunderstorms in TulseyTown's afternoon and evening. Cloudy and cool conditions near 80º.
Hmm..what's for breakfast?
Most of us meet most bad moments with a racing mind, a tight chest, and a running list of everything that could go wrong next. That's a disregulated nervous system at work. It doesn't have to be that way: Something else goes wrong – the honey's gone, it's raining again, Eeyore's lost his tail. And the worst Pooh musters is a soft "oh, bother." Then he carries on. Always present, unhurried, completely himself. – Nick Ortner, atThe Tapping Solution.
The poet Anna Akhmatova was born today in 1889, Bolshoy Fontan, near Odessa, Ukraine, Russian Empire. She is recognized as the greatest woman poet in Russian literature history.
It's the birthdate of Alfred Kinsey. The zoologist and student of human sexual behavior was born in 1894, Hoboken, New Jersey .
Novelist (The Killer Angels) Michael Shaara was born on this day in 1928 Jersey City, New Jersey
More and more is it clear that the Trump administration is mired in its own mistakes. Heather Cox Richardson in today's Letters From An American.
Democrats must take on America's oligarchs. – Robert Reich, substack, 6.23.26
Living in harmony with the Tao champions nature’s simplicity and beauty. It encourages us to embrace the balance of opposites within the whole. Thousands of years of meditation and practices such as qigong and Tai'Chi leads to an understnding that effort without struggle and strife is possible. With practice we align with the transformational processes of life. Tao is the nameless and the named, the Source and the manifest, the subtle and the bounded. It tells us to be like water, which flows to the lowest places and nourishes all things. Softness is the source of its strength.
Watching the French take Brazil . . .
Monday, June 22, 2026. It's the Moon's day . . . at 7 a.m. Gusty Nor'easterlies this morning after overnight rains are forecasted to ease as the day moves along. Mostly cloudy with peeks of sun and upper 70 make for a cool early Summer day for Green Country and TulseyTown.
From the “in-case-you-were-wonderin'” files: How did Oklahoma get to the bottom? Decline: A Case Study in Conservative Governance – GenXpletives.
So, can we climb out of this hole? In Oklahoma – one of the reddest states in the country – New Democrats outpaced Republicans in registrations statewide, which is the first time that's happened in about 15 years. It's just a monthly report from May, but it is part of a bigger trend...over the last six months new Democrats outpaced new Republicans in Oklahoma City, Tulsa, and Lawton. – College Democrats of America, 6.21.26 (via email, couldn't find a link for you)
If you don't know U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, you should know she's an Okie at heart. There are a few of us still around who think and act blue.
The Week Ahead. – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse. 6.22.26
The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has become a metaphor for the Trump presidency. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.
135 days. – Robert Reich, Sunday Thought, 6.21.26
Yesterday: The existential philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre was born in 1905, Paris, France.
Today: The creator of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, was born today in 1859 Edinburg, Scotland.
One of the most versatile and accomplished actors of our time, Meryl Streep, is 77 today, born in 1949, Summit, New Jersey. She has received an unprecedented 21 Academy Award nominations, and she has won 3 Oscars.
Prolific film producer David O. Selznick was born on this day in 1902, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
And the French composer Darius Milhaud was born today in 1892, Aix-en-Provence, France. He was among the most influential composers of the 20th century, known especially for his development of polytonality (simultaneous use of different keys).