Grand moments . . .

Monday, December 8, 2025. It's the Moon's day … Forecasts for TulseyTown promise sunshine this afternoon with light Southerlies and mid 40's.

The Week Ahead. – Joyce Vance, Civil Discourse.

The brouhaha over the video of the September 2 U.S. military strike on a small boat with 11 people on it, was explored by Heather Cox Richardson in her Letters From An American posted for today.

The humorist, writer and cartoonist James Thurber was born on this day 1894 in Columbus, Ohio

Today is the birthday of Diego Rivera. The muralist/frescoe painter was born in 1886 Guanajuato, Mexico.

It's also Jean Sibelius' birthday. The composer was born in 1865 Hämeenlinna, Finland. Reared in Sweden, he composed perhaps the grandest symphonic moments in the repertoire.