And so the sun sets . . .

Thursday, January 1, 2026. It's Thor's day . . . and a New Year has begun. Light and variable Southerlies are in the forecasts, bringing a cloudy day to TulseyTown with mild mid 60's afternoon.

As this year turns, may we trust that something wise is moving us forward, even when we cannot yet see the path.

We can never really be lost, no matter how far we wander.

The author of Catcher In The Rye, J. D. Salinger was born on this day in 1919 in New York City.

And, today is the birth date of English author E. M. Forster. The author of Room With A View, and Howard's End was born in 1879 London.

And so, the sun sets . . . Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American. 12.31.25

Start Close In

Start close in,

don't take the second step

or the third,

start with the first

thing

close in,

the step

you don't want to take.

[...]

– David Whyte, “Start Close In,” Essentials, 2020

What Have I Learned

I have learned

that fences are for climbing to see

if the grass really is greener on the other side;

[…]

I have learned

that fences are for climbing to see

if the grass really is greener on the other side;

[…]

And I’m glad I was not told

any of these things

else I would not have grown as tall

nor stretched as far.

[…]

– Catherine Garland, “Learning Life,” in Grateful Living, 1.1.26