Walking: toward and along side . . .

Sunday, October 19, 2025. It's Sol's day . . . and a real taste of Fall comes to TulseyTown today. Easy Northwesterlies bring sunny skies, and upper 60's, before returning to Southerlies later in the afternoon. Jeans, long sleeve shirt and a sweater helped me brace the morning's 48º start to the day.

Yesterday was “No King's Day.” We united in solidarity. – Robert Reich, In Solidarity, online 10.19.25

Celebrating October 18th. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.

If you’re an American citizen, don’t exercise your First Amendment rights unless you want to become a target too.

Empires live by numbness. Empires, in their militarism, expect numbness about the human cost of war. Corporate economies expect blindness to the cost in terms of poverty and exploitation. Governments and societies of domination go to great lengths to keep the numbness intact.... compassion penetrates the numbness making visible the odd abnormality that has become business as usual. Thus compassion that might be seen simply as generous goodwill is in fact criticism of the system, forces, and ideologies that produce the hurt. This is what was at the heart of Jesus' ministry. – Richard Rohr, “Prophetic Solidarity and Compassion” (adapted), Meditation, The Center for Action and Contemplation, 10.16.25