Ten-thousand whispering and nobody listening . . .

Wednesday, March 19, 2025. It's Odin's day . . . and a windy one for TulseyTown. Forecasts indicate dusty-mixed-overcast skies and strong Westerlies turning Northerly as the day moves on. Temperatures were already falling on this morning's walk to the Mailbox. It's to be a blustery 49º by noon, with a windy night and 36º by dawn tomorrow. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph. Batten down them hatches.

Creatives’

Today is the birth date of legendary African-American comedian Jackie "Moms" Mabley, born Loretta Mary Aiken in 1894 Brevard, North Carolina.

Novelist Philip Roth, born today in Newark, New Jersey (1933)

The author of English translations of A Thousand Nights and One Nights, and The Kama Sutra, Richard Francis Burton, was born on this day in in 1821 Torquay, England.

Glenn Close turns 78 on this, almost, my birthday. The internationally recognized and multiple award laureate actress was born today in 1947 Greenwich, Connecticut .

Bruce Willis turns 70 today. The award winning actor is suffering from frontotemporal dementia. which went undiagnosed for a number of years – not inconsistent with the disease pattern. His wife, Emma Hemming, recently posted an emotional message about the disease and caregivers

And, surely, not least: Bob Dylan's debut album was released on this day in 1962 by Columbia Records. The album was produced by Columbia talent scout John Hammond.

A hard rain is falling . . . a good metaphor can reach all the way to a Nobel Prize.