The moon can be a vicious circle . . .

Saturday, August 22, 2026. It's the Satyr's day at 9:15 a.m. . . . a somewhat cooler day is in the forecasts for Green Country. A slight Summertime chance for a shower, so says the weatherfeather. Morning Northerlies are to turn Easterly with mid 90's afternoon and 80's by sundown.

It is one sacred universe, and we are all a part of it. – Fr. Richard Rohr, Meditations, The Center for Action and Contemplation.

Vote next this coming Tuesday. Consider: State question 846 should be an automatic NO. This state already requires proof of identity to vote. That makes this question completely unnecessary and would allow the legislature to tinker with identity verification, a dream of Trump. Proof of identity is described in current Oklahoma state law as a document issued by the US government, the state of Oklahoma, or a federally recognized Native American tribe that includes a voter's name, photo and an expiration date in the future. 846 would create problems where none exist. So, NO.

The now, present, health and health insurance crisis. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters from An American.

I’m going to say this as clearly as I can: Trump’s mind has gone. – Robert Reich, This Proves It,on substack today.

Good, well, better anyways, news: Scientists have found a more sustainable lithium-ion replacement. Now in development. Could be a revolution afoot. Definitely a “stay tuned for developments” item.

The Pulitzer Prize author of The Shipping News, and Brokeback Mountain, Annie Proulx is 91 today. born August 22, 1935, Norwich, Connecticut

Ray Bradbury was born on this date in 1920 Waukegan, Illinois. A Pulitzer Prize author and screenwriter, he gave us Fahrenheit 451.

The French photographer whose humane, spontaneous photographs helped establish photojournalism as an art form, Henri Cartier-Bresson was born today in 1908, Chanteloup, France.

Today is the birth date of Dorothy Parker, born in 1893 West End, near Long Beach, New Jersey. A short-story writer, poet, screenwriter, and critic known for her witty—and often acerbic—remarks. She was one of the founders of the Algonquin Round Table

“The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue.” ―Dorothy Parker

And, French composer Claude Debussy, a seminal force in the music of the 20th century, was born in 1862 Saint-Germain-en-Laye.

The moon can clearly be blue.