How Long?

It's Moon-day … strong thunderstorms overnight here in TulseyTown have departed leaving us with a sunny, soon to be hot day.

It was on this day in 1946 that English-born poet W.H. Auden became a U.S. citizen.

Braving the Wilderness — Brene Brown

“Together, we’re capable of building a democracy worthy of our dreams” – Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. delivering the commencement address yesterday at Morehouse University. The speech was summarized in an excellent post by Heather Cox Richardson on her blog site “Letters from an American”

The More Loving One

Looking up at the stars, I know quite well

That, for all they care, I can go to hell . . .

How should we like it were stars to burn

With a passion for us we could not return?

If equally affection cannot be,

Let the more loving one be me...

Were all stars to disappear or die,

I should learn to look at an empty sky

And feel its total dark sublime

Though this might take me a little time.

– W. H. Auden, From Homage to Clio. Random House, 1960.