Shattering thought . . .

Monday, May 4, 2026. It's the Moon's day . . . and the Flower Moon is waning. Strong, gusty Southerlies are to bring a mix of clouds and sun to Green Country today. A touch cooler – by about 2 degrees – from yesterday. Mid 80's this afternoon in TulseyTown.

A flood of memories. – Robert Reich on substack 5.4.26

Today is the 56th anniversary in 1970 of the Kent State shooting of unarmed college students at Kent State University,

It's the birthdate of Horace Mann, born in 1796 Franklin, Massachusetts. He was a great advocate of free, universal public education,

The person responsible for much of what we know about the vitamins in food, Agnes Fay Morgan, was born on this day in in 1884 Peoria, Illinois.

And, Audrey Hepburn was born today in 1929 Brussels, Belgium. She was one of only a few entertainers who won competitive Academy, Emmy, Grammy and Tony Awards.

Heather Cox Richardson in Letters From An American reports Trump is afraid he'll be impeached.

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He divides us / scatters us in the sea / and rejoins us. /

Each drop / one with the shoreless One. /

His arithmetic, his algebra/ always yields the same result /

one and only One / a marvel shattering thought.

– Rumi “Tomorrow I'll visit Love's tailor,” in Water, Haleh Liza Gaforia, The New York Review of Books, 2025.

You can bet on it . . .

Sunday, May 3, 2026. It's Sol's day . . . Strong Southerlies return to Green Country, bringing mid 80's and sunny afternoon skies to TulseyTown.

Public education was not founded to give society what it wants. Quite the opposite....The more articulate one is, the more dangerous words become. – May Sarton.

The King James version of The Bible was published yesterday in 1611.

A new progressivism is being born. – Robert Reich, Sunday Thought, 5.3.26.

Today is the birthdate of poet, novelist, and memoirist May Sarton, born in 1912 Wondelgem, Belgium.

Three entertainers were born on this date: Folk singer/songwriter Pete Seeger was born in 1919, New York City; Singer, songwriter, arranger, and dancer James Brown was born in 1933, Barnwell, South Carolina; and singer, actor, and songwriter Bing Crosby was born in 1903, Tacoma, Washington.

One of the founders of the State of Israel, Golda Meir, was born on this day in 1898, Kiev ,Ukraine. She also served as its fourth prime minister.

Melatonin is a legitimate tool that is routinely used at the wrong dose, at the wrong time, for the wrong reasons. It's an old molecule. But 10mg in a gummy? The answer isn’t to avoid it. It’s to use it correctly. Small dose. Right time. Specific purpose. And when in doubt, fix the lights first. – Jeff Krasno, “Is Melatonin Right For Me,”

The wildest bet is the winning one. – Maria Popova, The Marginalian, 5.3.26.

Stepping into paradise . . .

Saturday, May 2, 2026. It's the Satyr's day . . . another cool, sunny day for Green Country and TulseyTown. Moderate Northerlies are forecasted to hold temperatures in the low 70's. Southerlies and warming return overnight tonight.

Every step we take is a miracle. – Thich Nhat Hahn

President Eisenhower said, “In a very real sense, the world no longer has a choice between force and law. If civilization is to survive, it must choose the rule of law.” Trump is doing everything he can to ignore and avoid the rule of law. – Heather Cox Richardson, in yesterday's Letters From An American.

Classical music contains many memorable themes. Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake has several. It and Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto come immediately to mind. One of the most memorable themes in musical history is the opening dance in “The Polovtsian Dances” of Borodine's only opera Prince Igor. The “dances” score opens in the opera’s second act with a song, the text of which translates into a poem about longing for a time in the past in a land of true freedom. Here's link to the “Polovtsian Dances” by Alexandre Borodine, performed by the Sorbonne University Chorus and Orchestra. Now a concert staple around the world, that opening theme was was adapted into the score for the broadway musical Kismet and into a motion picture featuring a duet “Stranger in Paradise.” I lost count of the number of times “Stranger in Paradise” is listed on youtube. It's a perfect “duet” … attesting to the fact that Borodine's melody remains forever with us as among history's most beautiful and romantic themes.

Even silence can seem to the world like happiness –

like praise – from the pool of shade you have found

beneath the everlasting.

– Mary Oliver, “Just Lying On The Grass At Blackwater,” from Blue Iris, Beacon Press, 2004.