Waiting for the echo . . .
Thursday, August 14, 2025. It's Thor's day . . . Forecasts indicate a return of his 100º+ indices for TulseyTown starting today and for the next week. Sunny, of course. Easy Southerlies today with real temps in the upper 90's.
… the greatest enemy of ordinary daily goodness and joy is not imperfection, but the demand for some supposed perfection or order. There seems to be a shadow side to almost everything. – Fr. Richard Rohr
The prolific writer, Danielle Steel turns 78. She was born today in 1947 New York City.
Sophie Strand considers the – to many writers – seeming impossibilities of publishing. The secret? Finish. “On Finishing Books” Make Me Good Soil, 8.13.25.
Today is Halle_Berry's 59th birthday. The multiple award laureate actress and film director was born in 1966, Cleveland, Ohio.
Steve Martin turns 80 today. He was born in 1945, Waco ,Texas.
Today in1935, President Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law. Heather Cox Richardson posted a perspective last night in Letters From An American.
Congress may have the spending power, but Trump can usurp it. – Joyce Vance takes us down the rabbit hole of this important and complicated governmental aspect in today's Civil Discourse.
Speaking of finances, Robert Reich sees hope in recently adopted progressive polices around the country. “Bread and Butter and Hope” online 8.14.25.
Rose Petal Echo
“Publishing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.” ― Don Marquis
The Song of the Universe
is an echo beyond sublime.
and,
worth waiting for.