No regrets . . .
Friday, December 19, 2025
It's Freya's day . . . Windy Southerlies bring a mix of clouds and sun to TulseyTown during an afternoon near 60º.
When you begin to get a real glimpse egolessness, and can finally look up from your own suffering to see the suffering of others, it’s time to talk about compassion.
“These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.” – Thomas Paine, December 19, 1776.
Thomas Paine and The American Crisis. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American, 12.19.25
Our ordinary lives are given extraordinary significance when we accept that our lives are about something much larger. – Fr. Richard Rohr, Right and Radical Amazement, Meditations, The Center for Action and Contemplation.
Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol was published on this date in 1843.
Playwriter Jean Genet was born in 1910 Paris, France.
And It's the birthday of Edith Piaf. Considered by many to beFrance’s greatest singer, she was born in1915, Paris, France