Starry, starry night . . .

Wednesday, August 12, 2026. It's Odin's day . . . and hotter still. The forecasts for Green Country indicate moderate Southerlies, intense sunshine, 105º real temperature, and 111º index for TulseyTown's afternoon.

The moon is new, which should make for good viewing of the Perseid meteor shower which peaks tonight.

Today is the birthdate of Erwin Schrödinger. The Austrian theoretical physicist was born in 1887 Vienna, Austria. He shared the 1933 Nobel Prize for Physics with British physicist P.A.M. Dirac.

Classics and mythology scholar Edith Hamilton was born today in 1867 Dresden, Germany.

Epic motion picture director Cecil B. DeMille was born on this day in 1881, Ashfield, Massachusetts.

The poet J.D. McClatchy was born in 1945 Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.

The creator of the “Dick and Jane” series for beginner readers, Zerna Sharp, was born today in 1889 Hillsburg, Indiana.

And, It was on this day in 1908 that the first Ford Model T automobile came off the new “assembly” line.

Starry, starry night.