Shock and outrage is part of The Way . . .

Sunday, August 16, 2026. It's Sol's day . . . Yet more heat for Green Country is in the forecasts. 110º index with easy Southeasterlies and the slightest of rain chances visit TusleyTown's afternoon. Breezes shift to Northerly this evening, bringing a cooler day tomorrow.

We are all chidren of Creation, united as One Self with one function: To find our happiness by sharing Creation's Light and Peace, forgiving the world for all the mistakes we have made.

Lots of birthdates today . . .

Madonna is 68 today. She was born in 1958, Bay City, Michigan; Suzanne Farrell is 81 today. The muse of George Ballanchine at the New York City Ballet company was born in 1945 Cincinnati, Ohio; Film producer/writer/director James Cameron is 72. The Academy Award laureate was born jn 1954, Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada; Mystery writer Agatha Christie was born in 1890 Torquay, Devon, England; The humorist, essayist, actor, and drama critic Robert Benchley, was born on this date in 1889 Worcester, Massachusetts; The real “Lawrence of Arabia,” T.E. Lawrence , was born on this day in 1888, Tremadoc, Caernarvonshire, Wales; And, Wilhelm Wundt was born in 1832, Neckarau, near Mannheim, Baden, Germany. He is generally acknowledged as the founder of experimental psychology, moving psychology from general philosophy of the time to a formal scientific endeavor.

Joyce Vance is deeply disgusted. Posted in Civil Discourse .

Beyond shock and outrage. – Robert Reich, Sunday Thought.

Comforting one Lazarus after another – Abraham would be pleased. – Garrison Keillor, The Column.

Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. – Mary Oliver.