Drawing lines in the sand . . .

Friday, August 15, 2025. It's Frigg's (Freya's) day. The season's first 100º real temperature day is in the forecasts for TulseyTown today. Indices up to 108º with moderate Southerlies.

Everyone leaves a legacy – both visible and invisible. There are times when one wonders if what you're doing even matters...We may never know the full effects of our actions, but we can do this: we can follow the H.O.W – the honesty, openness, willingness of the light shining within and through us onto the path of The Way.

Lots of legacies in today’s mailbox . . .

Napoleon Bonaparte was born 256 years ago today in 1769, Ajaccio, Corsica.

Sir Walter Scott was born today in 1771 Edinburgh, Scotland.

Food writer Julia Child was born on this date in 1912 Pasadena, California.

It's the 53rd birthday of Ben Affleck. The multiple laureate awarded actor, screenwriter, director, and producer was born in 1972, Berkeley, California.

Another multiple laurate actor shares this birth date. Jennifer Lawrence was born in 1990, Indian Hills, northeast of Louisville, Kentucky

Democrats are finding their backbone and finally bringing a gun to a gunfight. California's Governor Newsome is armed and has drawn a line in the sand. – Heather Cox Richardson posted details last night in Letters From An American

World Without Suffix

… everything hyperlinks

to yet another obscure Latin term

that makes me think of papal decrees

and bad news from the doctor...

– Martin Vest, “World Without Suffix,” Rattle, 8.14.25.