A ghost in the machine . . .
Wednesday, August 19, 2026, It's Odin's day . . . At 815 a.m. near record heat is in the Green Country forecasts. Moderate Westerlies with more triple digit afternoon temperatures visit TulseyTown's afternoon.
What would the world be like if Christians actually believed in a humble God? – Ilia Delio,
The Humility of God, Meditations, The Center for Action and Contemplation. 8.13.26
In Trump’s Washington, America’s business leaders show the spinal fortitude of red licorice. – Miles Taylor, “Pick a Side, You Cowards,” Defiance.
The reign of the corporate democrats is coming to an end. – Robert Reich, The Last Stand. Posted for today.
It’s fascinating to watch your parents maintain that the sun rises in the west. – Garrrison Keillor, “Thanks Wisconsin, “The Column,
Today is the birthdate of Gene Roddenberry. The creator of the Star Trek television series was born in 1921 El Paso, Texas.
One of the two aircraft pioneer Wright brothers, Orville Wright, was born in on this date in 1871 Dayton, Ohio.
The humor poet Ogden Nash was born in 1902, Rye, N.Y.
President Bill Clinton is 80 today, born in 1946, Hope, Arkansas.
The French fashion designer Coco Chanel was born on this date in 1883, Saumur, France. She ruled Parisian haute couture for almost six decades.
The “natural language” philosopher Gilbert Ryle was born today in 1900 Brighton, Sussex, England. He challenged what he deemed “the incoherent dogma of Cartesianism” and labeled it as the doctrine of “the ghost-in-the-machine.”
“The door of a bigoted mind opens outwards so that the only result of the pressure of facts upon it is to close it more snugly.” ― Ogden Nash
Poetry can be dangerous . . .
Tuesday, August 18, 2026. It's Tiw's day . . . At 9:30 a.m. heat warnings return to the forecasts for Green Country . Moderate Southerlies return to TulseyTown this afternoon with a109º index.
Love's flame reduces guilt to ash. – Rumi
On this date in 1920, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, giving women the right to vote. Attempts to restrict voting rights continued into today.
The oligarchy is not interested in serving America, yet it dominates American politics and essentially runs the American system. – Robert Reich, Power in the Age of Oligarchy, 8.14.26
E. Jean Carroll, Jeffrey Epstein, and the Power of Being Believed. – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse.
The three day Woodstock music festival ended today after three days. It was the most famous of the 1960s rock festivals, held on Yasger’s farm property in Bethel,New York, August 15–18, 1969.
Today is the birthdate of Robert Redford born in 1936 Santa Monica, California.
On this date in 1936 the most important Spanish poet and playwright of the 20th century, Federico García Lorca, was murdered by Nationalist forces during the Spanish Civil War. His body has never been found.
. . . all mystics are positive people—or they are not mystics. – Fr. Richard Rohr, Remaining in Love, Meditations, The Center for Action and Contemplation.
The strange things done . . .
Monday, August 17, 2026. It's the Moon's day . . . at 9 a.m. early rains were welcomed by Green Country ahead of a much cooler day and respite from the heat for a day. Forecasts for TulseyTown indicate moderate Nor'easters with rain ending before noon. The sun and heat are to return by mid afternoon. With upper 90's and an index of 100º.
Our first egoic glance at life … is largely wrong. And it is largely engendered by fear...For the untransformed self, religion is the most dangerous temptation of all. --Fr. Richard Rohr
The Week Ahead. – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse.
One of cinema’s most acclaimed actors, Robert De Niro is 83 today, born in 1943 New York City.
Mystery writer Steve Hockensmith is 58 today, born in 1968 Louisville, Kentucky.
It's the birth date of poet Ted Hughes. The English poet, translator, and children's writer was born in 1930 West Riding, Yorkshire. Many critics consider Hughes among the best writers in his generation. He was married to fellow poet Sylvia Plath.
Novelist, poet, and short-story writer Evan S. Connell was born on this date in 1924 Kansas City, Missouri.
Today is also the birthdate of Marcus Garvey, born in 1887 St. Ann’s Bay, Jamaica. Among many influences, the self educated organizer created the first important American Black nationalist movement based in New York City’s Harlem.
Charles Horton Cooley was born on this date in1864 Ann Arbor, Michigan. An early social psychologist, he theorized the existence of a “looking glass self,” that the mind is social and that society is a mental construct.
The Yukon “gold rush” got started yesterday in 1896 and Heather Cox Richardson posted a recollection in Letters From An American.
“There are strange things done in the midnight sun by the men who moil for gold. The Arctic trails have their secret tales that would make your blood run cold . . . ” – Robert Service, The Cremation of Sam McGee.