The omens of summer winds . . .
Tuesday, August 11, 2026, It's Tiw's day . . .at 9:15 a.m., the hottest week yet is in the forecasts for Green Country. Moderate Southerlies, intense sunshine, 103º real temperature, 111º index is in the forecast for TulseyTown's afternoon.
Forgetfulness is the entirely understandable wish to let go of and forget what never should be forgotten. – David Whyte, Forgetfulness, -from Consolations II: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words.
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is 76 today.
The author of Roots, Alex Haley, was born on this day in 1921, Ithaca, New York.
And, it's the birthdate of U.S. Poet Laureate Louise Bogan, born in 1897 Livermore Falls, Maine.
The Trump administration is laying the groundwork to seize ballots in contested midterm races. While they’ll likely lose in court, losing is actually part of the plan. – Miles Taylor, Defiance, posted today.
Trump’s war on Iran is demanding a resolution, and it is crystal clear that the Iranians believe they are in a position to dictate terms to the United States. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.
Zorro Ranch, Jeffrey Epstein, and Donald Trump's Justice Department – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse.
Robert Reich risks the Luddite label.
Whether the weather . . .
Monday, August 10, 2026 at 9 a.m. It's the Moon's day . . . waning toward new. Weatherwise, Green Country is in a “rinse/repeat” cycle (without the rinse). Forecasts for TulseyTown call for the coming two weeks with moderate Southwesterlies, real temperatures of low 100's and afternoon indexes of up to 110º and overnight lows in the 80's at best. Humid, of course.
Since we never cease to change, the same must hold true of the dharma: The principle that orders the universe – reminding us that chaos has a mind of its own.
The Week Ahead. – Joyce Vance, Civil Discourse.
With criminals in control, what are we to do? – Robert Reich, Sunday Thought.
Donald Trump is a communist. – Miles Taylor, Defiance, posted today.
It's not too early for an update from the Brennan Center on voting safely this November. And just FYI, here's how to contact the Contact the Election Protection hotline should you need: Read the article before you call: 1–866-OUR-VOTE
Yesterday in 1974, Richard Nixon became the first president in U.S. history to resign. – Heather Cox Richardson remembered in Letters From An American.
Minnesota's second Poet Laureate, following Robert Bly, among many other awards, Joyce Sutphen, is 77 today. She grew up on a farm in St. Joseph, Minnesota.
Another Minnesota writer is also 77 today. Mystery novelist Ellen Hart was born in 1949 Minneapolis, Minnesota. She holds the Grand Master designation from Mystery Writers of America.
Two Hollywood landmark films premiered on this date ten years apart. Billy Wilder's film drama Sunset Boulevard opened in 1950 and Alfred Hichcock's horror film Psycho hit the screen in 1960. Both were exemplary film noir genre productions, purposefully shot in in black and white.
And, Aleksandr Glazunov was born in 1865 St. Petersburg, Russia. the major Russian symphonic composer of the generation that followed Tchaikovsky.
Autumn is only a month away . . .
Fishing with chickens . . .
Sunday, August 9, 2026. It's Sol's day . . . at 8:30 a.m. another cool morning ahead of a hot afternoon. Moderate Southwesterlies with a 107º index are in the forecasts for Green Country and TulseyTown.
There is a voice within you that no one, not even you, has ever heard. Give yourself the opportunity of silence and begin the develop youe listening in order to hear, deep within yourself, the music of your own spirit. – John O'Donohue, Anam Cara: A Book Celtic Wisdom. Harper, 1997.
Jesus never once quoted from nineteen of the books in his own Hebrew scriptures. In fact, he used a very few favorites, ignoring most of his own Bible. Yet, it clearly formed his whole consciousness. . .Not all Scriptures were created equal in his mind, which is a great blind spot for most fundamentalists.-- Fr. Richard Rohr, Meditations, The Center for Action and Contemplation.
Today in 1854, Henry David Thoreau published his seminal document narrative Walden, Or Life In The Woods.
Mystery writer Jonathan Kellerman is 77 today. The author of When the Bough Breaks, was born in 1949 New York City.
The poet/novelist Philip Larkin was born today in 1922 Coventry, England.
The author Izaak Walton, was born on this day in 1593 Stafford, England. His book The Compleat Angler, remains in print after 370+ years.
The souls of animals. – Maria Popova, The Marginalian.
Deserving of chickens. – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse.