The invisible thing's secretary . . .

Friday, October 2, 2026.

It's Frigg's day . . . Moderate to strong Northerlies are in the forecasts for GreenCountry today. TulseyTown is to be cloudy overcast with cool mid 70's and a slight rain chance.

Today is the birthdate of Mahatma Gandhi, born in 1869, Porbandar, India.

Poet Wallace Stevens was born on this day in 1879 Reading, Pennsylvania.

Today is the birthdate of Graham Greene. The author of The End of the Affair was born in 1904 Hertfordshire, England.

Fashion designer Donna Karan is 78 today, born in 1948, Forest Hills, New York.

And, today in 1950 The comic strip Peanuts made its debut.

How about autowars? – Robert Reich, The Nighmare. 10.1.26

Trump built a “Haunted House.” Polls show it’s about to be burned to the ground. – Miles Taylor, Defiance. 10.1.26

[Note: ChatGTP aided the research for the following . . .]

Over the past twenty years ten states have botched death penalty executions. Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. Each has conducted an execution involving unexpected problems or delays that arguably caused unnecessary suffering leading to the conclusion: capital punishment cannot preserve human dignity and the rule of law. At the core, the question remains: Should a system that can't keep a child safe have the power to kill them as an adult?

A Secretary of the Invisible Thing

This is the exact phrase Milosz uses to describe

himself and other poets, not one

who dictates but one who takes dictation.

. . .

William Blake used to wander in his garden

naked. The question isn't Did Blake really see

angels in his apple tree? But Why can't we?

Whatever you are, whoever I'm taking this dictation from,

take your time putting out [this fire] me out.

– Lance Larsen, “Secretary of the Invisible Thing,” Rattle Chapbook Prize. 2026. Read the entire poem.