Vote with Emily Dickenson's dad.

It's the Moon's day . . . now waxing from its “new” status this past weekend. The rains and storms are forecasted to end overnight tonight. It's 9 a.m. as I write and the rains have paused for a brief glimpse of SUNshine. Perhaps a promise for a sunny, mild election day for TulseyTown. And now at ten before 10 a.m. the blog complete, the sun has once again taken its leave from Okieland behind a rain cloud.

No notion exists beyond the one you are living – Taylor Sheridan, 1883, Episode 2.

It's our turn. On November 5 we will find out just how strong we are. We will each choose on which side of the historical ledger to record our names. On the one hand, we can stand with those throughout our history who maintained that some people were better than others and had the right to rule; on the other, we can list our names on the side of those from our past who defended democracy and, by doing so, guarantee that American democracy reaches into the future. – Heather Cox Richardson, Letters From an American.

Today is the birth date of humorist Will Rogers. The namesake of my high school alma mater, was born near present-day Oologah, Oklahoma in 1879.

Imagine a country whose citizens—maybe even its leaders—are brave, calm, and open towards each other; a country whose people realize that all human beings belong together as one family and must act accordingly. – Br. David Stendl Rast

“Fellow-citizens we cannot escape history. We…will be remembered in spite of ourselves.” – Abraham Lincoln

"I am not a member of an organized political party. I am a Democrat." — Will Rogers