Light in darkness: Where the love dogs are.

Wednesday, December 3, 2025. It's Odin's day . . . Forecasts for TulseyTown indicate moderate Easterlies bringing increasing cloudiness and upper 40's this afternoon as the breezes shift to Northerlies. Much colder tomorrow.

Today is the birth date of Anna Freud. The founder of child psychoanalysis was born in 1895 Vienna.

Polish novelist Joseph Conrad (Heart of Darkness) was born on this day in 1857 Berdichev, which is now in the Ukraine.

At Trump's meeting yesterday his cabinet appeared to applaud, although it is not clear whether they were agreeing or hoping to stop him from talking like a Nazi. He kept nodding off through much of the meeting. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.

Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. Interesting achievement. – George Will, cited by Joyce Vance in Civil Discourse.

The end of Trump's power. – Robert Reich, online, 1.3.25

Catching Thoughts Before They Escalate

Having a regular meditation practice makes us more aware of what’s happening in our mind, the mental undercurrent that tends to go unnoticed when we’re caught up in our daily activities and interactions. With meditation, we begin to catch some of the ember-like thoughts and subtle emotions that, left undetected, escalate before we notice them. – Pema Chödrön, in How We Live Is How We Die, Shambhala Press. 2023.

There are love dogs

no one knows the names of.

Give your life to be one of them. – Rumi