Give a wink . . .
Wednesday, September 2, 2026. It's Odin's day . . . At 8:20 a.m. the forecasts for Green Country indicate a day like yesterday and tomorrow: Hot, moderate Southerlies, high UV beyond measure. The index for TulseyTown's afternoon is to be at least 105º.
The price tag for an undergrad degree has passed the $100K mark at 10 colleges with more to come. – Danielle Douglas-Gabriel at The Washington Post. Personal note: My BA, MA, and PhD all together didn't begin to reach that level.
Today is the birthdate of humorist and newspaperman Eugene Field. The author of “Wynken, Blynken and Nod” and “The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat” as well as “Little Boy Blue,” among many was born in 1850 St. Louis, Missouri.
Wynken, Blynken and Nod
. . .
Wynken and Blynken are two little eyes,
And Nod is a little head,
And the wooden shoe that sailed the skies
Is a wee one's trundle-bed;
So shut your eyes while Mother sings
Of wonderful sights that be,
And you shall see the beautiful things
As you rock in the misty sea
Where the old shoe rocked the fishermen three:—
Wynken,
Blynken,
And Nod.
– Eugene Field, “ Wynken, Blynken and Nod,” first published in 1889, under its original title, “Dutch Lullaby” in the Chicago Daily News. Later included in Field's A Little Book of Western Verse, published by Scribner in 1896. This poem is in the public domain. Read the whole poem here.
Swordfishtrombones . . .
It's Tiw's day . . . A late start to the day, at 10a.m. the ink is dry on the forecasts for Green Country and TulseyTown. Hot Southerlies, 100's.
Jesus did not heal people so they could go to heaven; he healed people so they could live fully in this world now. It’s obvious. How did we miss that? – Fr. Richard Rohr “A special note for a hurting world.” Meditations, The Center for Action and Contemplation.
Today in 1939 World War II began when Germany invaded Poland.
Jinny Lind arrived in New York on this date in 1850 for an American tour sponsored by P.T. Barnam.
The creator of the popular fictional character Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs was born on this date in 1875 Chicago.
The Chief Justice of the United States wrote last night – to no avail – that the president’s ballroom is “likely unlawful.” – Miles Taylor, Defiance.
The Biggest Issue in the Midterm Elections – Robert Reich, Substack today.
And today in 1983 Island Records released "Swordfishtrombones," the eighth studio album by singer-songwriter Tom Waits. It was his first self-produced effort and began his experimental phase.
Anxiety is not a disorder . . .
Monday, August 31, 2026. It's the Moon's day . . . Rinse, repeat, without the rinse. That's the forecast at 9 a.m. for Green Country and TulseyTown today and all week. Moderate Southerlies maintain 100º afternoons with indices to the 106º mark.
The egoic “false self,”actually serves a purpose. It just does not go far enough, and it often poses and substitutes for the real thing. That is why we call it “false.” Another problem is that it can hang around for far too long. – Fr. Richard Roher, “Releasing The False Self,” Meditations, The Center for Action and Contemplation.
Maybe we need to stop thinking about anxiety and depression as “disorders” and start regarding them as rational responses to a society that’s become ever more disordered under Trump, and to an economy that’s been leaving so many behind. – Robert Reich, “Who's Nuts?” on Substack today.
The playwright and short story writer William Saroyan was born on this day in 1908 Fresno, California. He wrote brash, original, and irreverent stories during the Depression celebrating the joy of living in spite of poverty, hunger, and insecurity.
Today in 1920 the first radio news program was broadcast on Detroit’s 8MK, now WWJ and still “all news.” It was then and remains part of the Scripps print and broadcast empire. Channel 2 in Tulsa is a Scripps outlet, formerly KVOO, now KJRH.
The Week Ahead. – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse today.
The Buddha said that we are never separated from enlightenment. Even at the times we feel most stuck, we are never alienated from the awakened state. This is a revolutionary assertion. Even ordinary people like us with hang-ups and confusion have this mind of enlightenment Buddhists call bodhichitta. The openness and warmth of bodhichitta is in fact our true nature and condition. Even when our neurosis feels far more basic than our wisdom, even when we’re feeling most confused and hopeless, bodhichitta—like the open sky—is always here, undiminished by the clouds that temporarily cover it. – Pema Chödrön