Love and the dim light of Ai . . .
Friday, July 10, 2026. It's Freya's day . . . another hot one for Green Country is forecasted. Real temperature of 99º is in the forecast for TulseyTown. Moderate Southerlies, mostly sunny skies and a heat index of 105º this afternoon.
Love is not a problem to solve. It's a path to walk.
Yesterday, Tom Hanks celebrated his 70th birthday. The multi Academy Award laureate actor was born in 1956,Concord,California.
The inventor/engineer Nikola Tesla was born on this date in 1856, Smiljan, Austrian Empire [now in Croatia ].
Nobel laureate author Alice Munro was born today in 1931 Wingham, Ontario.
And, French novelist Marcel Proust was born in 1871 Auteuil.
Yesterday marked the anniversary of a dramatic reworking of the U.S. constitutional order when the 14th Amendment was enshrined into law. Its significance is being felt even to today. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.
The investigations into AI consciousness are tiny compared with conventional research and development, but tech companies are openly venturing into the controversial territory of a mystery they can't explain, and believe a moral crisis may emerge if they don't. – Nitasha Tiku, Washington Post.
The future is not as bright as Ai advocates presently predict. Who's going to buy all the stuff they promise? Answer: No answer, only crickets. – Robert Reich, on substack today.
Love to love. – Fr. Richard Rohr, Meditations, The Center for Action and Contemplation.
A lap full of love . . .and feet
Thursday, July 9, 2026. It's Thor's day . . . dangerous heat is in the forecasts for Green Country today. After a few morning showers, the sun, humidity and moderate Southerlies are to push the afternoon heat index to 106º. Heat warnings are in effect.
Popular psychology describes “falling in love” in pathological terms as a matter of our projecting onto the blank screen of another all our hopes and dreams about romantic love, rather than seeing the person for who she or he really is. Poet/song writer/singer Leonard Cohen disagreed with this analysis. Rather, he said, when we fall in love, we are seeing truly. As time goes by, the veils of our ordinary conditioned consciousness begin to drop again and obscure the clear vision we were gifted with at first. – posted by Mirabai Starr, in Slipping Away. 7.8.26
From the “been-there-done-that” files: Leonard described my love life (at least until 30 years ago).
The woman whose feet are in my lap. – Garrison Keillor, “A summer night on a porch,” The Column, 7.8.26
The “forever war” that Trump criticized when he ran for office in 2024 is now a full-blown reality with no end. – Robert Reich, The Never Ending War, substack, 7.8.26
Trump’s election-takeover schemes are becoming dangerous. Blue state Governors are now being told to turn over their voter roles, or their citizens’ lives will be put at risk. – Miles Taylor, Defiance.
E. Jean Carroll is going to outlast Trump's delay game. – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse.
Today is the birthdate of one of the most famous journalists of the 20th century, Dorothy Thompson. She was born in 1893, Lancaster, N.Y. and was the first journalist Hitler threw out of Germany before the start of WWII.
Neurologist and writer Oliver Sacks was born on this day in 1933 London.
And, Italian composer Ottorino Respighi was born on this day in 1879, Bologna, Italy.
He loved The Pines of Rome.
What a love-fool would do . . .
Wednesday, July 8, 2026. It's Odin's day … Southerlies return to Green Country today, bringing a heat index of 107º this afternoon to TulseyTown.
Laughter is carbonated holiness. – Anne Lamott
Today is the birthdate of psychiatrist and writer Elisabeth Kübler-Ross. A pioneer in the study of death and dying, she was born on this day in 1926 Zurich, Switzerland.
Author Shirley Ann Grau was born on this day in 1929 New Orleans.
ICE is worse than ever. – Robert Reich, substack, 7.8.26
Trump's approach to gun safety is like writing a report on flood safety never mentioning the rain. He gives veto power to the NRA. And even law-abiding gun owners are worried he's gone too far. – Miles Taylor, Defiance.
Taylor Sheridan is an immediately recognizable name to the Paramount video drama nerds. Arguably the most gifted screenwriter/director/producer among the likes of Aaron Sorkin and David E. Kelley. If you're new or only vaguely familiar with Sheridan, he presently has 11 creations now streaming.
What a love-fool would do: Cultivate a Honeymoon Mind. – Sophie Strand, Make Me Good Soil, 7.6.26