Everything is never finished . . .
Saturday, April 18, 2026. It's the Satyr's day . . . moderate Northerlies are forecast for Green Country today, bringing a cool, sunny afternoon to TulseyTown. Mid 60's are indicated. The winds are to ease and become Southerly overnight, bringing Spring warmth for the next ten days, at least. Some rain chances are in that long term forecast.
When I am, I am not.
When I am not, I am.
– Rumi
Today in 1906 an earthquate destroyed most of San Francisco, California.
It's the birthday of Albert Einstein, born in 1879, Ulm, Württemberg, Germany.
And, in 1775 Paul Revere took his famous ride.
Sorting out the facts . . . Iranian officials’ interpretation of events continues to be quite different from Trump’s characterization of “a deal.” Iran rejected Trump’s claim that it had agreed to hand over its uranium stockpile, and also said that the strait was open for commercial vessels—not military ships—but would close again if the U.S. blockade continued. Iran’s top negotiator, speaker of parliament Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, posted on social media that Trump had made seven claims in an hour, and all seven of them were false. – Heather Cox Richardson, in
We make the world around us resemble the world within us. Based on our focus, ugliness is everywhere or beauty abounds. – Brian McLaren, “An Inward Migration,” Meditations, at The Center For Action and Contemplation.
What Work Is
. . . this small thing I think of as my work,
this homely piecemeal borrowing of words,
does nothing, and has not to date diminished
the price of every business hour I shirk,
and its rewards
are long delinquent, and it’s never, never finished.
– Matthew Buckley Smith, “What Work Is,” from The Soft Dark Stars, 2025 Rattle Chapbook Prize Winner.