Faust lives . . .
Friday, August 28, 2026. It's Freya's day . . . A hot week is in the Green Country forecasts in this 9 a.m. hour. 100's in the afternoons. The only respite might be found in that the humidity is likely a bit lower, making for indexes in the upper 90's. TulseyTown is forecasted to turn a bit cooler next week.
On this day in 1963, more than 200,000 people gathered in Washington, D.C., for the March on Washington. It was the occasion that featured Martin Luther King's now famous “I Have A Dream” speech.
Rita Dove is 76 today. The poet and writer who was the first African American to serve as U.S. poet laureate was born in 1952 Akron, Ohio.
Today is the birthday of the author of Faust and father of German literature, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, born in 1749 Frankfurt.
The American sociologist, C. Wright Mills was born on this day in 1916 Waco, Texas.
One of the greatest cinematographers of the American film industry, James Wong Howe, was born today in 1899 Canton, China.
And, among my faves, the Canadian novelist/essayist and playwright, Robertson Davies was born in 1913, Thamesville, Ontario, Canada.
If ever you needed a single reason to vote Democrat at the midterms, this would be it. – Robert Reich, You, or Someone You Love Could Be Next. Substack 8.28.26
Synchronicity abounds. Yesterday we spoke of creating a future. Miles Taylor offers a powerful blueprint: To prosecute Trump, Democrats should make Pete Buttigieg the next Speaker of the House. The Speaker can be an outsider who's not in Congress. – Miles Taylor, Defiance.
Creator's of the future . . .
Thursday, August 27, 2026. It's Thor's day . . . Moderate Nor'easterlies are in the forecasts for TulseyTown and Green Country. The afternoon is expected to be somewhat cooler – if you can call mid 90's and an index in the upper 90's cooler — indicating a small drop in humidity. The Full “Sturgeon” Moon peaks tonight and features a partial but significant eclipse The light show starts at 11:15 this evening.
Last night at exactly 9:25 (nine-two-five). – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.
Mother Teresa was baptized on this day in 1910 Macedonia. She founded the Order of the Missionaries of Charity, a congregation of women dedicated to helping the poor, and later received the Nobel Prize for Peace.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) doesn’t need to send agents to polling places to start interfering in the election. They’re already doing it from their desks. – Miles Taylor, Defiance, 8.26.26
Trump is twisting in the wind. – Heather Cox Richardson in Letters From An American.
Robert Reich and Heather Cox Richardson recently ( 8.25.26) sat down for a lively recorded chat. You can watch it here.
The future is not someplace we are going to, but one we are creating. The paths to it are not found but created, and the activity of creating them changes both the maker and the destination. – John Schaar
Even Graceland is mourning today . . .
Wednesday, August 26, 2026. It's Odin's day . . . At 8:30a.m. moderate Northerlies are in the Green Country forecasts, bringing 90's for the next several days. The 100's return this weekend. The breezes bring mid 90's to TulseyTown's afternoon, with an index in the 100's starting around noon.
Dolly Parton died yesterday in Nashville. The entertainment icon was 80 years young.
Goodbye, Dolly. – Robert Reich, “the very best in America.”
Today is the birthdate of the British/American author Christopher Isherwood, born in 1904 High Lane, Cheshire, England.
The novelist Barbara Ehrenreich was born today in 1941 Butte, Montana.
Today in 1944 French General Leclerc's 2nd Armored Division and Charles de Gaulle paraded down the Champs-Élysées in Paris after the liberation of the city from Nazi occupation .
Among the most violent volcanic events in recorded history, the eruption of Krakatoa began on this day in 1883.
The recent SCOTUS mail ballot ruling does not remove anyone from the voter rolls, and Americans are still able to vote by mail according to the laws of their respective states. – Miles Taylor, in Defiance. 8.26.26
Tuesday was the 40th anniversary of the release of “Graceland,” the 1986 cross-cultural tour de force by Paul Simon that is still generating new fans, and heated discussion.
Everybody knows when you're blown apart. Everybody feels the wind blow.