Shoulder taps . . .
Monday, July 27, 2026. It's the Moon's day . . . The Summertime bake-off continues in Green Country today. Forecasts for TulseyTown indicate moderate Southerlies and a heat index rising to 109º by mid-afternoon and remaining in triple digits to late tonight.
Good questions: What part of me have I been ignoring? What truth keeps tapping on my shoulder? What is asking for my attention right now?
From the time he took office in January 2025, Trump and his cronies have not simply challenged laws or constitutional provisions. They have acted as if the Constitution doesn’t exist. That’s an important distinction. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American, posted last night for today.
This is no time to let down our guard or become overly confident about the coming midterm elections. – Robert Reich, Sunday Thought, 7.26.26
The Week Ahead – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse.
And, its the birthday of novelist Bharati Mukherjee. The American/Canadian writer and Cal Berkeley professor was born in 1940 Calcutta, India.
My Revenge Era
In the movies, intruders murder a working man’s wife.
Saw-knuckled, half-mad, the working man
becomes a throwing star
. . .
Blood tastes like metal because it is metal.
...
– Laura Ruby, “My Revenge Era,” Rattle, 7.26.26
A mind of her own . . .
Sunday, July 26, 2026. It's Sol's day . . . and the effects of a heat dome continues to be experienced over Green Country. Forecasts for TulseyTown indicate real temperature of 103º this afternoon with a heat index of 113º and triple digits well into the late hours tonight. Needless to say: there is an extreme heat warning in effect until evening.
What misery to be afraid of death. What wretchedness, to believe only in what can be proven. — Mary Oliver.
The mailbox this morning was groaning with the number of highly creative folks celebrating their shared birthdays. One wonders at the mysterious forces generating all these July 26th births.
Carl Jung, the Swiss psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and psychologist who founded the school of analytical psychology was born on this day in 1875. He pioneered the exploration of human personality by way of the metaphor of archetypes.
The Nobel Prize laureate George Bernard Shaw was born in1856 Portobello, Dublin, Ireland. An Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist, he exerted a major influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extending 70 years from the 1880s to his death and beyond. His plays are now part of the global theatrical pantheon.
Today is also the birthdate in 1928 New York City of one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema, Stanley Kubrick. The director, screenwriter, and producer, was internationally regarded with multiple laureate nominations.
Film director, screenwriter, and producer Blake Edwards (Breakfast At Tiffany's) was born in 1922 in Tulsa, Oklahoma – another of my home town creative cousins.
It's Dame Helen Mirren's birthday. The highly acclaimed British actor is 81 today, born in 1945 London, England. She's the recipient of numerous international acting laureate awards.
Another internationally recognized actor, Kevin Spacey is 66 today, born in 1959 South Orange, New Jersey.
Sandra Bullock turns 62 today. The multi-awarded acting laureate was born in 1964, Arlington, Virginia .
Mick Jagger is 83 today. The lead singer/songwriter for The Rollings Stones, was born in 1943 Dartford, Kent, England
It’s the birthdate of Aldous Huxley today. The English novelist (Brave New World) and critic was born in 1894, Godalming, Surrey, England.
On this day in,1970 the “scandalous” revue “Oh! Calcutta!” opened in London. It ran for more than ten years, clocking up 3,918 performances.
And, Jacinda Ardern is 46 today. The former Prime Minister of New Zealand (2017-2023) was born in 1980 Hamilton, New Zealand.
A mind of her own, and she uses it well.
Creator: How close can you get?
Saturday, July 25, 2026 . It's the Satyr's day . . . Extreme heat warnings are in the forecasts for Green Country today. Real temperature of 100º and an index of 113º with moderate Southerlies visit TulseyTown this afternoon. The triple digit index extends until midnight tonight. A heat dome is settling over the area and likely to keep this pattern for the next week, at least.
You're closer than you may think. – Mark Manson, Breakthrough, 7.23.26
On this day in 1965, Bob Dylan walked onstage at the Newport Folk Festival and changed popular music.
It's the birthdate of Maxfield Parrish, born in 1870 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was an illustrator and painter and perhaps the most popular commercial artist in the United States in the first half of the 20th century. If you don’ t have one of his prints, many of his images will be familiar to you.
Philosopher/writer/longshoreman Eric Hoffer was born on this day in 1902 New York City.
The first human conceived using in vitro fertilization (IVF), Louise Brown, turns 46. She was born on this day in 1978, Lancashire, England.
And, its the birthday of master saxophonist Johnny “rabbit” Hodges, born in 1906 Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1906. He joined Duke Ellington’s orchestra in 1928, and he was a soloist and mainstay of the ensemble for over 40 years until his death.