Lambs ignore rules . . .
Saturday, October 24, 2026. It's the Satyr's day . . . Another clear, sunny, warm Fall day is at hand for GreenCountry and TulseyTown. Easy Southerlies and low 80's afternoon.
If you begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a transformation. — J. Krishnamurti
The BBC strikes back at Trump. – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse.
…if there was ever a time to shake off that understandable cynicism and to refuse to surrender to despair, that time is now. Because if you look back throughout the history of this country and many others around the world, real change that benefits the working people almost never occurs from the top down. It only happens when regular folks shake off the cynicism and despair they feel and act to fight against injustice.
Will it be easy? Of course not. Will we be successful? There is too much at stake not to try.
First: we do everything we can to win this election, flip the House and Senate and put a check on Donald Trump's power. Then we must build upon that success and continue the organizing work we've done not just to win an election, but to fight for a government that works for all people and not just the oligarchs spending billions of dollars in this election.
Thank you for reading. In solidarity, Alexandria – AOC in an email 10.23.26
Today is the birthdate of writer Sarah Josepha Hale, born in 1788 Newport, New Hampshire. After petitioning five consequtive presidents, she managed to convince Lincoln to create Thanksgiving Day.
It's the birthday of highly regarded Broadway playwright and director Moss Hart, born in 1904 New York City.
And poet Denise Levertov was born on this day in 1923 Ilford, England.
Mary Had A Little Lamb
Mary had a little lamb / Its fleece was white as snow / And everywhere that Mary went / The lamb was sure to go.
It followed her to school one day / Which was against the rule / It made the children laugh and play / To see a lamb at school.
And so the teacher turned it out / But still it lingered near / And waited patiently about / Till Mary did appear.
Why does the lamb love Mary so? / The eager children cry / Why, Mary loves the lamb, you know / The teacher did reply.
– ”Sara Josepha Hale, “Mary Had A Little Lamb, is in the public domain. First published under the original title “Mary’s Lamb,” in Sarah Josepha Hale’s collection Poems for Our Children, on May 24, 1830 by Marsh, Capen & Lyon in Boston, Massachusetts.
The true self . . .
Friday, October 23, 2026. It's Freya's day . . . for the forecasts, see yesterday. At this eight o'clock hour, TulseyTown and GreenCountry are to experience the same warm Fall today and through the weekend. Sun, a few clouds, Southerlies and and 80º. Lovely.
The first national Women’s Rights Convention opened in Worcester, Massachusetts, on this date in 1850.
It was on this day in 1920, the novel Main Street by Sinclair Lewis was published.
Everything feels out of whack. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American
America Hates the Billionaire Barons. They hate us back. – Robert Reich, on Substack
Yesterday was novelist Doris Lessing's birthdate. The Nobel Laureate author of The Golden Notebook, among many, was born in 1919 Kermanshah in what is now Iran.
One of the most prominent Modernist architects in the United States after World War II, Paul Rudolph was born on this day in 918, Elkton, Kentucky.
One of the greatest footballers in history and one of the sport’s first global icons, Pelé was born today in 1940, Três Corações, Brazil.
And, TV talk show host Johnny Carson was born in 1925, Corning, Iowa.
“The monk in us is not some hooded little somebody who is sitting in there, but is our true self. …For heaven's sake, don't allow the monks to steal the contemplative life from you.” –Br. David Steindl-Rast
Liszten to this . . .
Thursday, October 22, 2026. It's Thor's day . . . Light Southerlies, warm, upper 70's and sunny skies are in the forecasts for GreenCountry and TuseyTown this afternoon.
In the mailbox at 8 A.M.
The Water's Course. – Jeff Krasno, in Dairies of a Dance Dad, #19
Catherine Deneuve is 82 today. The French actress noted for her archetypal Gallic beauty as well as for her roles in films by some of the world’s greatest directors was born in 1943 Paris, France.
Its the birthdate of N.C. Wyeth, born in 1882 Needham, Massachusetts. The illustrator and muralist was also the teacher of his son, the painter Andrew Wyeth.
Robert Rauschenberg was born today in 1925 Port Arthur, Texas. American painter and graphic artist whose early works anticipated the Pop art movement.
And, it'ss the birthday of Franz Liszt. the Hungarian piano virtuoso and composer was born in 1811 Doborján, kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire [now Raiding, Austria].