Only the drummer is always in step . . .

It's Tew's day . . . ahead of Okieland’s first real Fall cold front, leaving the heat behind. . .

. . . And it's the 842nd anniversary of Francis of Assisi's birth in the 1181 duchy of Spoleto, Italy

This is also the day in 1990 when Germany was reunfied after four decades of Cold War division. Pressure from the German chancellor Helmut Kohl brought Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to sign a treaty which unified Germany within NATO. It probably contributed to the end of Gorbachev’s political career.

None of us came into this world with a “how-to-get-it-right” manual. I try to remember that when my neighbor gets pissy over how many leaves are entering my storm drain after last night's thundershower.

I am not a part of a circle. / I have no 'gang' to blame or hit up for lunch money. / I am alone in the fog-mist of the fringe / of a town that celebrates honky-tonk / while struggling as a wannabe-a-city / in the middle of nowhere / frightened of its possibilities. / Writing is the only thing I can do / with the insane gifts of the cosmos / which keeps me sane.

What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be. – Ellen Burstyn