Ignoring the obvious . . .
Saturday, March 7, 2026. It's the Satyr's day . . .Moderate Northerlies bring clearing skies to TulseyTown this afternoon with mid 50's. After a chilly morning tomorrow, a warming trend settles in through Tuesday. All just in time for time to “Spring Forward.” Turn your clocks forward one hour before you go to bed tonght. Daylight Savings Time begins at 2 a.m. Sunday.
Today in 1965, 25-year-old activist John Lewis led over 600 marchers across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama and faced brutal attacks by oncoming state troopers, footage of the violence collectively shocked the nation and became the turning point in the fight against racial injustice. The day has been remembered in civil rights history as “Bloody Sunday.”
An out-of-touch-Okie-MAGA- cowboy wants to to be the new leader of the Department of Homeland Security. – Huffington Post dug into his bio.
Marcus Aurelius was born on this day in 121 ce, Rome, Italy. The Roman emperor (161–180) was best known for his Meditations on Stoic philosophy and as a symbol for the Golden Age of the Roman Empire to many generations in the West
It’s the composer Maurice Ravel’s birthday. He was born in 1875, Ciboure, France.
And, Piet Mondrian was born today in 1872, Amersfoort, Netherlands. He was a leader in the development of modern abstract art.
Garrison Keillor reflected with affection on our neighbor to the North. – March into March, on substack.
And, one of the great Texas troubadours and a legend in songwriting circles, Townes Van Zandt, was born on this day in 1944 Fort Worth.
Letting in the light . . .
Friday, March 6, 2026. It's Frey's (Frigg's) day . . . Forecasts for TulseyTown indicate with possible thunderstorms in the afternoon and overnight. Moderate to strong Southerlies are to become Northerlies tomorrow morning. A cloudy day today in the mid 70's.
How can there be a door when no wall remains? You shine through the windows of every house. Why shouldn't I let Your Light in? – Rumi
Today is the birthdate of Gabriel García Márquez. The 982 Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature born in 1927, Aracataca, Colombia.
Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac was born on this day in 1619, Paris.
And, it’s also the birthday of Michelangelo. He was born today in 1475, Caprese, Republic of Florence, Italy.
Trump’s assertion of power globally contrasts with increasing setbacks at home. — Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American, posted last night for today.
The last thing America needs is a giant pro-Trump media monopoly.This mega-media monopoly can be stopped. Here’s how. – Robert Reich, on substack this morning.
Testosterone is not just a “guy thing.” It may be the #1 “blind spot” in medicine's view of women. – Luminescence. 3.1.26
Testosterone Rising
The mind/brain thinks involuntarily
just like the heart beats:
Memoires from many years.
Just as now
here, alone,
in my king sized bed
on a Thor's day morning
at four a.m.
– jab
The wine before Adam . . .
Thursday, March 5, 2026. It's Thor's day. cloudy. slight chance for a stray shower or thunderstorm. High near 70F. Easy Southeasterlies. Upper 60s.
Today is the 256th anniversary of the Boston Massacre. The legal case that followed became a famous example of extraordinary fairness and good judgment by the patriot and future politician John Adams.
Gerardus Mercator was born on this day in 1512 Rupelmonde, Flanders (now Belgium). He developed the world mapping technique that we still use today and call the “Mercator projection.”
And, novelist Leslie Marmon Silko is 78 today. A pioneer in the Native American literary movement, she was born in 1948 Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The flap over the Epstein files continues, and clearly will not go away, war or no war. – Heather Cox Richardso posted an update in Letters From An American.
Trump's war is actively destroying the moral basis of civilization. It's our duty to put a stop to it. – Robert Reich, at substack, 3.5.26\\
Blessed are those who, like Hafez,
have tasted in their hearts
the wine made before Adam.
– Hafez, circa 17th C