Weird Orchid . . .

Tuesday, February 11, 2025. It's Tiw's day … An aptly named “Snow Moon” reaches full. Forecasts indicate moderate Northerlies, mid to upper 30's for the next three days. Rain and snow mix are likely starting tonight and extending into tomorrow before afternoon moderation beginning Thursday, but with hard freeze mornings for the rest of the week.

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive – The Dalai Lama

No one reaches out to you for compassion or empathy so you can teach them how to behave better. They reach out to us because they believe in our capacity to know our darkness well enough to sit in the dark with them. – Brené Brown

It was on this day in 1778 that Voltaire returned to Paris after living in exile for 28 years in protest against France's religious fanaticism.

In 1858 Lourdes, France, 14-year-old Bernadette Soubirous, a miller's daughter, first had visions of the Virgin Mary.

And, it was on this day in 1990 that Nelson Mandela was released from Victor Verster Prison, outside Cape Town, South Africa.

More recently:

Joyce Vance posted an update on all the litigation presently surrounding the Trump attempt to implement Project 2025.

Dr. Vance also posted a new undertaking titled The Democracy Index. It came with an introduction and an invitation on The Contrarian, 10Feb25

Sophie feels like a weird orchid.