Sum, sum, summertime. . .
Sunday, June 21, 2026. It's Sol's day . . . appropriately so, as it's the Summer Solstice. At 3:24 TulseyTime this morning the official beginning of Summer began in the Northern Hemisphere and the beginning of Winter in the Southern. In Green Country today, strong, gusty Southerlies are in the forecasts for a true Summer start with thunderstorm chances morning and heat into the mid 90's for TulseyTown's afternoon.
It's also Fathers' Day. In 1966, Lyndon Johnson issued a proclamation designating the third Sunday in June to honor fathers, and it finally became an official, permanent national holiday during the Nixon administration. The record of a day honoring fathers dates back to 1909.
Today is the birthdate of the poet Poet Emma Lazarus. The author of the Statue of Liberty inscription was born in 1849, New York City.
It’s also the birthdate of philosopher and theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, born in 1892, Wright City, Missouri.
The sculptor Alexander Calder was born on July 22 or August 22, in 1898, Lawnton, Pennsylvania. He is best known for his innovation of the mobile suspended sheet metal and wire sculptures that are activated in space by air currents.
Benazir Bhutto was born on this day in 1953, Karachi, Pakistan. She was he first woman leader of a Muslim nation in modern history.
And Anne Carson is 75 today. The Canadian poet, essayist, translator, and classicist was born June 21, 1950, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Her work treats classical subjects in what has been called a postmodern fashion. Her style is at once quirky, inventive, and erudite.
Oh, did I tell you? It's Summertime . . .
Can-can on the moon . . .
Saturday, June 20, 2026. It's the Satyr's day . . . Easy Southeasterlies are forecasted to bring clouds, sun and upper 80's to Green Country and TulseyTown in today's afternoon.
Today in 1969, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin (“Buzz”) Aldrin, became the first humans to land on the Moon, and several hours later Armstrong became the first person to set foot on its surface. Armstrong’s first step was watched by an estimated 600 million viewers, roughly one-fifth of the world's population, making it among the most-watched television events in history.
Nicole Kidman is 59 today. The multi-laureate, international actor was born in 1967, Honolulu, Hawaii.
International laureate film director Sir Stephen Frears is 85 today, born in 1941, Leicester, England.
Irish poet Paul Muldoon is 75 today, born in 1951 Portadown, Northern Ireland.
Playwright Lillian Hellman (The Children's Hour) was born on this day in 1905 New Orleans.
It's also the birthdate of French opera composer, Jacques Offenbach, born in 1819 Cologne, Germany.
The heart has its reasons . . .
Friday, June 19, 2026. It's Freya's day . . . Forecasts for Green Country indicate moderate Southeasterlies maintaining a mostly cloudy day in the mid 80's in TulseyTown.
. . . all the things the world tells you are “inefficiencies” are where life actually happens. – attributed to Kurt Vonnegut.
Today is Juneteenth, an annual observance on June 19 to remember when Union soldiers enforced the Emancipation Proclamation and freed all remaining slaves in Texas on June 19, 1865. Now a federal holiday, the annual observace has become an opportunity for people to celebrate freedom and equal rights in the United States.
The truth about Trump and Juneteenth. – Robert Reich, substack, 6.16.26
[Trump and his minions] trying to dictate a new global order seem brittle and breaking, while the momentum has shifted back to the American people. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American, posted for today.
Today is the birthdate of Blaise Pascal. The mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher was born in 1623 Clermont-Ferrand, France.
French Impressionist painter and sculptor Edgar Degas was born on this day in 1834, Paris, France .
Salman Rushdie is 79 today. The novelist was born in 1947 Bombay (now Mumbai), India.
The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of . . .We know the truth not only by the reason, but by the heart. — Blaise Pascal, Pensées