Knock, knock . . .
Wednesday, March 4, 2026. It's Odin's day . . . Moderate Northerlies and thundershowers are forecasted for TulseyTown, diminishing afternoon. Cool, in the 50's. Slight rain chances through the evening as the breezes ease and turn slowly into Southerlies. Clouds remain.
It’s common knowledge in most indigenous cultures that the fully realized woman is the unshakeable foundation upon which civilization must be built. Being born female is the ultimate honor, beyond anything that male counterparts are capable of achieving. – Nick Polizzi, Wisdom Of The Woman’s Heart, essay at The Sacred Science, 3.3.26.
On this day in 1933, in the midst of the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt was inaugurated as the 32nd U.S. president. And on the same day immediately after he took office, Frances Perkins was sworn in as his Secretary of Labor. She was the first woman to occupy a cabinet level post.
The War
Trump’s military strikes in Iran have already cost U.S. taxpayers more than $1 billion. — Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.
There is no endgame for his war, which may be Trump's undoing. – Robert Reich, at Substack, 3.3.26
The administration appears to have done no "defensive" prep for war. And it's spent a year shifting counterterrorism personnel to domestic immigration enforcement. Iran is notorious for retaliation. And we are vulnerable– Miles Taylor at Defiance News, 3.4.26
Is it intentional?
Knock on Your Own Door
— after Sophie Strand
Duality is recognized but not embraced
by the feminine, rather, celebrating the liminal,
confusing the unintegrated masculine,
landlocked in the absolutes of polarities.
The “inner voice” isn't confined
behind the physical door of the brain-case.
It is a call and response
through the senses
as much in touch
with the flotsam
as the jetsam
of The Way.
– jab
The sacred ordinary . . .
Tuesday, March 3, 2026. It's Tiw's day . . . Southerlies return to TulseyTown this afternoon, bringing upper 70's, increasing clouds, and chances for rain increasing into tomorrow.
Every act of kindness that comes our way is not karmic feedback but a glimpse of grace.
Today is the birthdate of James Merrill. The Pulitzer Prize poet was born in 1926 New York City.
Ira Glass is 67 today. The public radio host of “This American Life” was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1959.
And, Alexander Graham Bell was born on this day in 1847, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Soren at Wisdom2 is keeping track of Ai as it emerges.
The death of boredom may have killed an unanticipated essential.
We have lost our friendship with the sky and the moon and the stars that create the canopy beneath which all of our human relationships and friendships flourish and prosper in mutual awe. David Whyte, “Background, “on Substack. 3.3.26
Those seemingly ordinary moments of wonder in your life, when the line between you and everything blurs, are not throw-away moments. When you are arrested by the sunset, the swell of music, that breeze rustling the leaves, someone’s face or touch – that moment is actually a portal into the sacred nature of reality. – Valarie Kaur
A blizzard in the mailbox . . .
Monday, March 2, 2026. It's the Moon's day . . . This is the last blood moon until 2029. and a total lunar eclipse is to occur tomorrow morning in TulsyTown – if the clouds allow. Tomorrow morning's forecast indicates a “mostly cloudy” set of conditions during the best viewing times from 5a.m. to 6am, so there's a chance, small though it may be. The event will unfold in the Western skies. Today's forecasts indicate Northerlies continuing to bring cloudy skies with cool conditions in the mid 50's afternoon.
Sometimes compassion will arise spontaneously, like the clouds parting to reveal the blue sky. At other times we may have to make a conscious effort, which is a bit more like imagining what the blue sky looks like, even when it’s obscured by clouds. – Andy Puddicombe
The week ahead. – Joyce Vance, Civil Discourse.
Trump and Iran: to divert attention and the real costs. – Robert Reich, Trump's Real Reason, online.
Trump and Iran: A historic perspective, from Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.
Yesterday, birthdays at the back of the mailbox . . .
Javier Bardem turned 57. He was born in 1969, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain.
Ron Howard turned 72. The multi-awarded laureate for his film acting and directing born in 1954, Duncan, Oklahoma.
And the composer/pianist Frédéric Chopin was born in 1810 near Warsaw, Duchy of Warsaw (now in Poland) .
Today’s birthdays spilling out from the front . . .
John Irving is 84 today. The novelist and screen writer was born in 1942 Exeter, New Hampshire. He is the author of The World According to Garp and Cider House Rules, among more than 15 other novels and screenplays.
Daniel Craig is 58. His list of film credits would fill any mailbox. He was born in 1968, Chester, Cheshire, England.
One of the most influential songwriter/musicians in the history of alternative rock, Lou Reed, was born on this day in 1942, Brooklyn, New York. He was not afraid of shining light on New York City's “wild side.”
The author Tom Wolfe was born on this day in 1930, Richmond, Virginia. A leading proponent of New Journalism (the application of fiction-writing techniques to journalism).
Today is also the birthdate of the children’s book author who wrote under the name Dr. Seuss, born Theodor Geisel, in 1904 Springfield, Massachusetts.
And, Kurt Weill was born in 1900, Dessau, Germany. The German-born American composer created a revolutionary kind of opera featuring sharp social satire in collaboration with the writer Bertolt Brecht.
Without the experience of a New York blizzard, your life is not complete until you’ve seen one. – Garrison Keillor, “What A Beautiful Blizzard,” TheColumn.
There’s nothing that quite matches watching a snowfall in the late evening.