Blue desires . . .

It’s the Moon’s day … and it will be full of itself this evening as it rises over Ridgway, Colorado at 5 p.m. Mountain Time.

It turns out that life doesn’t need a purpose to simply be what it is. Does a tree need to find its purpose to grow? Does the wind need a reason to blow? — Santiago Santai Jiménez

Today is the birthday of Lorrie Moore. The writer, critic, and essayist was born on this day in 1957 Glen Falls, New  York.  

One of the most popular American authors in the last 30 years of the 19th century, Horatio Alger, was born on this day in 1832, Chelsea, Mass. He was perhaps the most socially influential American writer of his generation.

On this day in 2021, Donald J. Trump became the first U.S. president to be impeached twice, after the House of Representatives approved an article of impeachment that accused him of “incitement of insurrection” for allegedly encouraging his supporters to storm the Capitol in an effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

And today in 1968, singer and songwriter Johnny Cash recorded the album Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison in front of an audience of some 2,000 inmates at California's Folsom Prison.

What Momma said: Playing with guns can turn you blue, among other things you don’t want.