The calendar begins to say summer . . .

Wednesday, May 20, 2026. It's Odin's day . . . Rain and clouds are in the forecasts for the next ten days for Green Country and TulseyTown. Storm chances range from 20 to 30%. The sun appears to have taken a holiday until July 4th.

Thank You, Stephen Colbert. – Robert Reich

A nationwide coalition of district attorneys has come together to protect polling places from federal agents sent to carry out voter intimidation. – Miles Taylor, at Defiance 5.19.26

Almost as good as a pardon. – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse.

Yesterday was the 8th wedding anniversary of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

Just As The Calendar Began To Say Summer

I went out of the schoolhouse fast

and through the gardens and the wood,

and spent all summer forgetting what I'd been taught --

two times two, and diligence,

and so forth,

how to be modest and useful, and how to succeed

and so forth.

By fall I had healed somewhat, but was summoned back

to the chalky rooms and the desks, to sit and remember

the way the river kept rolling its pebbles,

the way the wild wrens sang though they hadn't a penny

in the bank,

the way the flowers were dressed in nothing but light.

– Mary Oliver, “Just As The Calendar Began To Say Summer,” from Devotions, Penguin Books 2020.