When the impossible changed . . .
09/19/26. It's the Satyr's day . . . One more hot day is in the forecasts for GreenCountry and TulseyTown. Sun, Southerlies and another afternoon in the 100's. Change arrives tomorrow evening with possible rain and cooler temperatures.
On September 17, 1787, what the world thought impossible, was done. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.
Today in 1893 New Zealand gave all women, including Māori women, the right to vote in national elections. New Zealand was the first self-governing country in the world to enfranchise women. The U.S. got around to it seventy years later in 1920.
Eight policy solutions to protect voting rights. From the Brennan Center for Justice.
Universal Media is looking to bury it's already paid for documentary about Musk. So is Comcast.
Historians call it “anticipatory obedience.” — Miles Taylor, in Defiance.
And, today is the birthdate of the Nobel laureate William Golding born in 1911, Newquay, Cornwall, England. The novelist is best known for Lord of the Flies.
An open invitation — Chaos in the Court: Previewing the Upcoming Supreme Court Term. Live Zoom session, Tuesday, September 29, 3 pm Central, Sponsored by People for the American Way. Free but requires registration.
As the world turns . . .
Friday, September 18, 2026. It's Freya's day … two and a half more hot days for GreenCountry and TulseyTown. At this eight-o’clock hour, forecasts call for a cooling beginning Sunday late afternoon.
Inquiring minds want to know: Trump's worst fear. – Robert Reich, Substack, posted yesterday
Canada is showing the world how to defy Donald Trump. – Miles Tayor, Defiance,
Today is the birthdate of Samuel Johnson, born in 1709, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. The English critic, biographer, essayist, poet, and lexicographer, was regarded as one of the greatest figures of 18th-century life and letters.
Jean Bernard Léon Foucault was born on this date in 1819 Paris. The French physicist is best known for the invention of the Foucault Pendulum which demonstrates the earth's rotation.
In 1851, the first edition of The New York Times was published. Recognized as the world's “journal of record,” it still publishes with the masthead declaration “All the news that's fit to print.”
Greta Garbo was born on this day in 1905 Stockholm, Sweden. The Swedish American actress was one of the most glamorous and popular motion-picture stars of the 1920s and ’30s.
And the innovative choreographer and dancer Agnes de Mille was also born on this same day, but in 1905 New York.
Flying over the Cukoo's nest . . .
Thursday, September 17, 2026. It's Thor's day . . . Four more 100º days are in the forecasts for GreenCountry and TulseyTown. What appears to be the real Fall start is on the weatherfeather's horizon to begin on Monday with possible rains followed by a ten day run of mid/upper 80 highs and 60 morning lows.
Peace can be a trap, compassion a performance, and joy a mask. These are not wrong, but when we cling to them, they become stagnant. A flower can’t always bloom. It needs time to rest, to wilt, and to go underground. Boredom, restlessness, and pain are not mistakes. They’re movement. “Doing nothing” disrupts holding on. We are already enough. Take five minutes to do-no-thing.
Today is the 7th anniversary of Heather Cox Richardson's first Letter From An American.
It was on this day in 1849 that Harriet Tubman escaped from the Southern plantation where she was enslaved and later led other enslaved people to freedom in the North along the route of the Underground Railroad.
It’s the anniversary in1862 of the Civil War Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest single day in American military history.
The novelist Ken Kesey was born on this day in 1935 La Junta, Colorado.
And, today is the birthdate of the medical doctor, poet, novelist, essayist, and playwright, William Carlos Williams, born in 1883 Rutherford, New Jersey.
Fool's Song
I tried to put a bird in a cage.
O fool that I am!
For the bird was Truth.
Sing merrily, Truth: I tried to put
Truth in a cage!
– William Carlos Williams “The Fool’s Song,” first published in his collection The Tempers. London: Elkin Mathews, 1913. The poem is now in the public domain.