Keep on truckin' . . .

Sunday, August 30, 2026. It's Sol's day . . . and it's a week of Sol in the forecasts for Green Country. Seven days of 100+ degree afternoons in TulseyTown, with moderate Southerlies. Already 80º at this 8 o’clock morning hour, an index of 108º is expected late afternoon today.

The egoic “false self,” actually serves a purpose. It just does not go far enough, and it often poses and substitutes for the real thing. That is why we call it “false.” Another problem is that it can hang around for far too long. – Fr. Richard Roher, 'Releasing The False Self,” Meditations, The Center for Action and Contemplation.

Consciousness and subjective/objective reality. – Nathan Gardels, Essay, Noema 8.28.26

Today is the birthdate of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley born in 1797, London, England. The English Romantic novelist is the author of Frankenstein, considered to be one of the first science-fiction novels.

The “queen of country,” Kitty Wells, was born on this day in1919, Nashville, Tennessee. A singer and songwriter, she was the first female star of the country genre.

The cartoonist Robert Dennis Crumb, known as R. Crumb, is 83 today. The creator of Fritz the Cat and “keep on truckin'” was born in 1943 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

More about the future: There is some confusion connected to the attempts to define the term karma. Here's my take, fwiw:

Somehow, you have made the causes and conditions that have led to your reading this sentence in this moment, and you are only one of very few in the world who will read this. Reading this in this moment will have an impact on what comes next. What matters most is the quiet space between these words – even between the letters of these words. The past is past. That's why we call it past. The future is not yet. Short version: What goes 'round, comes 'round.

Karma may be why we dream beyond dreams.