Glass house window washing . . .

Tuesday, October 20, 2026. It's Tiw's day . . . After a late start to the morning, the mailbox forecasts for TulseyTown and GreenCountry appeared as carbon copies (remember them?): Sunshine, some clouds, moderate Southerlies, mid 70's an a slight rain chances. You can hold on to your copies (smudge free) all week. The Orionid meteor shower is peaking tonight and tomorrow.

Democrats can embrace liberalism as a political asset for the first time since before the Reagan era. – Matt Kerbel, “Of Course,” in Wolves and Sheep. Posted yesterday,

Today is the birthdate of the poet Arthur Rimbaud, born on this day in 1854 Charleville, France,

It's also the birthdate of Art Buchwald. The political humorist was born in 1925 Mount Vernon, New York. He prompted today's blog title.

And, It’s the birthday of the man who designed St. Paul’s Cathedral in London. The architect Christopher Wren was born in 1632 East Knoyle, England.

Lines For A Sun-Dial

With shadowy pen I write,
Till time be done,
Good news of some strange light,
Some far off sun.

— Alfred Noyes, “Lines For A Sun-Dial,” originally published in The New Morning, Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York . 1918. This poem is in the public domain.