The best ode yet . .

Friday, July 11, 2025 . It's Freya's (Frigg's) day … Another hot Summer day with moderate to strong Southerlies are in the forecasts for TulseyTown. Fair skies with a few clouds and heat indices in the low 100's are indicated for the afternoon.

[A]lthough the Napoleons and Putins of the world will rise to power again and again over the centuries, they will also fall, because there is something in us more powerful as long as we continue placing freedom, justice, and universal happiness at the center of our commitment to life, even as we live through nightmares. – Maria Popova, “The Remarkable Story Behind Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy”,” The Marginalian,

Maybe Trump's Achilles heel: the red counties depending on the government they hate.

The 2025 Supreme Court term in review from The Brennan Center for Justice. May be the most important discussion you'll witness until free speech disappears from our rights. And . . . this is not hyperbole. Take the time.

To Kill a Mockingbird was published on this date in 1960.

The English-born American novelist and short-story Pulitzer laureate, among many other literary awards, Jhumpa Lahiri turns 58 today. She was born in 1967, London, England,

Today is also the birthday of Yul Brynner. The multi-laureate stag/ film/television actor/director was born in 1920 Vladivostok, Russia. His most notable role was that of the king in Rodgers and Hammerstein The King and I on Broadway and film.

And, there's a new Superman in town . . . maybe the best yet.