The magic of loneliness . . .

Friday, February 27, 2026. It's Freya's day . . . a near Summer afternoon is in the forecasts for TulseyTown. Moderate Southerlies are to bring low 80's and bright sunny skies.

The world makes its own magic; but we can enchant ourselves by paying deep attention. – Diane Ackerman

The poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born on this day in 1807 Portland, Maine. My old poetic stomping grounds.

Today is also the birthdate of John Steinbeck He was born in 1902 Salinas, California.

And, the Academy Award Laureate actor Elizabeth Taylor was born today in 1932, London, England.

Things aren't going Trump's way, so of course he wants to seize the election. – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse.

It’s reasonable to assume the next several months are going to be a morass of lies and disinformation. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.

Stress, Survival & the Sex Drive, posted by Commune for women (and men maintaining their savvy).

We are lonesome animals. We spend all life trying to be less lonesome. A writer out of loneliness is trying to communicate like a distant star sending signals. He isn’t telling or teaching or ordering. Rather he seeks to establish a relationship of meaning, of feeling, of observing. It’s why we tell stories hoping there is a listener. – John Steinbeck, Steinbeck: A Life in Letters, Viking. 1975.