The chickens are coming home . . .

Monday, September 28, 2026.

It's the Moon's day . . . At this 9 o'clock hour, forecasts for GreenCountry might as well be Xeroxed. Moderate Southeasterlies, sun and clouds, mid 80's and the slightests of rain chances visit TulseyTown this afternoon

The Week Ahead. – Joyce Vance in Civil Discourse.

It was on this day in 1928 that Scottish bacteriologist Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin.

Today in 1980 Carl Sagan's Cosmos premiered on PBS. It was the most widely watched series in the history of American public television until The Civil War series in 1990.

French actor Brigitte Bardot was born on this day in 1934 Paris, France.

Just now catching up: U.S. poet laureate Kay Ryan turned 81 back on the 21st. A MacArther Fellow and Pulitzer Prize honoree, she was born in 1945 San Jose, California.

Home To Roost

The chickens / are circling and / blotting out the day.

. . .

These / are the chickens / you let loose / one at a time / and small— / various breeds. /

Now they have / come home / to roost— / all the same kind /

at the same speed.

– Kay Ryan, “Home To Roost,” The Niagara River, Grove Press. 2005

Once upon a time . . .

Sunday, September 27, 2026. It's Sol's day . . .holdover Summertime slight rain chances are in today's GreenCountry forecasts. Cloud, some sun, easy Southerlies and mid 80's are in TulseyTown's afternoon.

Christians mostly pretend the Sermon on the Mount never happened. – Father Richard Rohr, “Nonviolent Resistance,” Meditations, The Center for Action and Contemplation.

“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way.” – William Blake

The Sacred Science of Trees – Fru Molnar, The Garrison Institute, 9.24.26

Looking toward November 3rd. – Robert Reich, Sunday Thought

Once Upon A Time In The West. (turn off the cc for clearer lyrics)

Waking up . . .

Saturday, September 26, 2026. It's the Satyr's day . . . A cloudy 9 a.m. walk to the Mailbox. Fall rain chances are in the GreenCountry forecasts today. Moderate Southerlies, mid 80's are features in TulseyTown's afternoon. The Harvest Moon is full.

We are made to tell the world that there are no outsiders. – Desmond Tutu

There are no outsiders.

Today is the birthdate of T.S. Eliot, born in 1888 St. Louis, Missouri. The American-English poet, playwright, literary critic, and editor was a leader of the Modernist movement in poetry.

One of the most gifted, significant and popular American composers of all time, George Gershwin, was born today in 1898 Brooklyn, New York.

World leaders – not including the U.S. – are planning for the future. – Robert Reich, “What I'm Hearing.” 9.25.26

The hangover from [Thursday night's dinner with Xi] is going to last a while. Americans are waking up to the fact that they’re being conned. They’re gathering outside the palace walls with pitchforks; you just couldn’t hear it last night over the clinking glasses. – Miles Taylor, Defiance. 9.25.26

Come closer: Hear what Neil has to say.