The Great Books . . .
Sunday, June 28, 2026. It's Sol's day . . . getting even for all the rain, Sol is coming on full Summer to Green Country. Strong, gusty Southerlies with hot, humid conditions in the mid 90's visit TulseyTown. Afternoon heat indices are to be in the low 100s. No rain in the forecasts for the next ten days.
Prayer is not sending in an order and expecting it to be fulfilled. Prayer is attuning yourself to the life of the world, to love, the force that moves the sun and the moon and the stars. – Br. David Stendl-Rast.
One of the most influential writer/philosophers in Western civilization, Jean-Jacques Rousseau was born on this day in 1712, Geneva, Switzerland.
Today is the birthdate of Mortimer J. Adler. The philosopher, educator, and editor was born in 1902 New York City. He was a successful advocate of adult and general education by study of the great writings of the Western world.
Peter Paul Rubens was born today in 1577, Siegen, Nassau, Westphalia [Germany]. His paintings fused a mastery of Flemish realism with the traditions of the Italian Renaissance to produce a powerful style that epitomized the immensely popular Baroque movement.
Today is also the birthdate of influential Italian playwright, novelist, and short-story writer, Luigi Pirandello. The winner of the 1934 Nobel Prize for Literature was born in 1867 Agrigento, Sicily, Italy. Years ago, Yers Trooley acted the role of “Father” in Pirandello's award winning play “Six Characters In Search Of An Author.”
In the early hours of June 28, 1969, a series of violent confrontations between police and gay rights activists began outside the Stonewall Inn , a gay bar in New York City; the riots helped launch an international gay rights movement.
Mourning in America. – Robert Reich, Sunday Thought.
And, it's the birthdate of the founder of the Methodist movement, John Wesley. He was born in 1703 Epworth, Lincolnshire, England.
Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can. – John Wesley