Stumbling into beauty . . .

Saturday, September 12, 2026. It's the Satyr's day and forecasts for GreenCountry indicate moderate Southerlies, sun and clouds mixed. There's a 20% chance for a stray Summertime shower or thunderstorm in TulseyTown. High in the low 90's.

Today in 1940, four teenage boys stumbled upon one of the world’s most significant archaeological finds: The paintings on the walls of caves in Lascaux, Dordogne, France, estimated to be 17,000 years old.

With his approval ratings hitting a new low [Trump] just wanted to stand in front of cheering crowds again, while the rest of the world paid attention to the middle East. – Heather Cox Richardson, inLetters From An American.

After the 9/11 anniversary – Miles Taylor, Defiance.

And today in 1846, Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning, after a long engagement by letters, eloped.

How Do I Love Thee?

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height

My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight

For the ends of being and ideal grace.

I love thee to the level of every day’s

Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.

I love thee freely, as men strive for right.

I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.

I love thee with the passion put to use

In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith.

I love thee with a love I seemed to lose

With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath,

Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose,

I shall but love thee better after death.

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “How Do I Love Thee?” is a poem in the public domain.