Time, absent itself . . .

Monday, June 15, 2026. It's the Moon's day . . . as it begins waxing from its new state. Light Northerlies are forecasted to bring a mix of clouds and sun to Green Country today. There is the slightest chance for rain this afternoon in TulseyTown. Mid 80's.

The Magna Carta, a charter of English liberties was granted by King John on this day in 1215. He was acting under threat of civil war and the result provided the foundation for individual rights in Anglo-American law and jurisprudence theory.

Left out of yesterday's blog, on purpose; The truth about Trump's cage match. – Robert Reich, Sunday Thought, 6.14.26..

The week ahead. – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse

Today is the birthdate of Japanese poet Kobayashi Issa, born in 1763 Kashiwabara, Japan. He’s one of the masters of the Japanese form of poetry called haiku, which uses 17 syllables broken into three distinct units often of 5-7-5.

Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg was born in on this day in 1843, Bergen, Norway.

Blue

Blue heron, duck pond.

Rose sky dawn. Glass reflections.

Absent itself, time passing.

– James Allen Bethel, “Blue,” in 50 Haiku, Prolific Press. Vol.1, Issue 12. 2017