The Raven speaks—of heroes.

It’s the Moon’s day … and an arctic cold front is trying to have it’s way with Western Colorado with below zero wind-chill mornings the next several days.

And a contradictory day if e’er there was:

Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Dunno Trump has been inaugurated as the 47th President of the U.S. 

Reflections:

People are wrong to say that we have no heroes left. — Heather Cox Richardson in Letters From An American

Joyce Vance has no plans to celebrate the inauguration. Rather, she says she will spend Monday summoning the courage to continue to speak truth to power in the face of what lies ahead. Check out The Week Ahead in Civil Discourse.

Erstwhilst:

It’s Edgar Allan Poe’s birthdate. The poet was born in 1809  Boston, Massachusetts.

Italian film director Federico Fellini was born on this day in 1920 Rimini, Italy. 

Film director David Lynch, who died this past week, was on this day in 1946 Missoula, Montana,

And,

Maria Popova at The Marginalian, today posted a timely reflection on “forgiveness.”