Contantly startled . . .

Saturday, March 1, 2025. It's the Satyr's day . . . and moderate Northerlies bring a few clouds to an otherwise sunny day to TulseyTown. Temps are forecasted to flirt with the mid 60's. The moon has begun waxing from it's new birth.

I’m sitting here thinking about what to say and speaking to you through these now written words. And just as you are sitting there reading me, you, too, are thinking. What the living force is, is the complete continuity of you and me unified in mind and thought. That we are separate is persistent illusion. – adapted from The Roots of Goodness by Dogen, at Shambhala.

Creatives' birthdays . . .

Frédéric Chopin born on this date in 1810 near Warsaw, Duchy of Warsaw, Poland.

The poet Robert Lowell was born in 1917 Boston, Massachusetts. Another poet sharing today's date of birth, Richard Wilbur, was born in 1921 New York City.

The novelist and essayist Ralph Ellison was born in 1914 Oklahoma City.

And, Ron Howard turns 71 today. The Academy Award laureate for best film director, was born in 1954, Duncan, Oklahoma.

Speaking of the Academy: The 97th Academy Awards will take place tomorrow at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, honoring films released in 2024. The ceremony will be hosted by Conan O'Brien and will be broadcast live on ABC beginning at 7 p.m. Eastern.

Sometimes, I Am Startled Out of Myself,

like this morning, when the wild geese came squawking

[…]

You do not have to be wise. Even a goose knows how to find shelter.

All we do is pass through here, the best way we can.
They stitch up the sky, and it is whole again.

– Barbara Crooker, from Radiance, Word Press, 2005.