One fine day none slept . . .

Monday, December 22, 2025. It's the Moon's day . . . Forecasts for TulseyTown indicate gusty Southerlies and a major warming trend. A cloudy morning followed by a sunny afternoon and upper 50's. Near 80º Christmas Eve Wednesday and Christmas day.

The ugly facts. – Robert Reich, Sunday Thought. 12.21.25

[W]ith their disregard for the Epstein Files Transparency Act, they are also treating voters, especially their own MAGA voters who stood behind Trump because he promised to release the Epstein files, with outright contempt. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.

Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas had his 81st birthday yesterday. He was born in 1944 Hollywood.

Ralph Fiennes is 63 today. The multi-award laureate stage and film actor was born in 1962, Ipswich, Suffolk, England)

Today in 1965 the film Doctor Zhivago premiered in theatres. Directed by David Lean, the movie received both mixed reviews and was the biggest box-office holder of its era.

Poet Kenneth Rexroth was born today in 1905 South Bend, Indiana.

It's the birthday of Edwin Arlington Robinson. The prolific poet was born in 1869 Head Tide, Maine.

And, composer Giacomo Puccini was born on this day in 1858 Lucca, Tuscany.

One fine day was followed by a night when none slept.