Welcoming whole-heartedness . . .

Wednesday, April 2, 2025. It's Odin's day … After overnight rains, Moderate to strong Westerlies are forecasted to bring a mix of sun and clouds to TulseyTown today with upper 70's, becoming Northerlies tonight. Rains likely to return tonight and tomorrow continuing over the weekend.

Musk and Trump's meaningless millions: Wisconsin has embarrassed Trump and Musk.

While Wisconsin judge Susan Crawford was celebrating her election win, New Jersey Senator, Cory Booker delivered the longest speech in United States Senate history.
Lots of writer reminders in the mailbox this morning.

Camille Paglia turns 78 today. The author and social critic was born in 1947 Endicott, New York.

The world's most famous womanizer, Giacomo Casanova, was born in this date in Venice in 1725.

… and no, that paring is not an April Fool Joke …

Danish author and poet Hans Christian Andersen, born in 1805 in the town of Odense.

And, Writer Émile Zola was born today in 1840 Paris.

2001: A Space Odyssey, landed in theatres today in 1969. Directed by Stanley Kubrick, the science-fiction film, set the benchmark for all subsequent movies in the genre and consistently ranks among the top 10 movies ever made.

When we are enlightened, we will be fully awake to our deepest nature, which is fundamentally open-hearted, open-minded, and available for others. We will know this to be true beyond any doubt, beyond any going back. In this state, we will possess the greatest possible wisdom and skill with which we can benefit others and help them to awaken completely themselves. – Pema Chödrön, Welcoming the Unwelcome: Wholehearted Living in a Brokenhearted World, Shambhala, 2019.