A spell against indifference . . .
Sunday, June 8, 2025. It's Sol's day . . . A real taste of Summer is gifted to TulseyTown today. Moderate Southerlies, a few clouds here and there in a sunny, hot sky. Low 90's for the first time this season. The weatherfeather indicates that often 15% chance for a shower until evening when it rises to around 40%.
It is good, every once in a while, to let ourselves be stupefied by gratitude, to cast upon ourselves a spell against indifference by moving through the world with an inner bow at every littlest thing that prevailed over the odds of otherwise in order to exist. – Maria Popova
Today is World Oceans Day, celebrated yearly on this date to raise awareness of the plight of the oceans and the marine ecosystems they contain.
It's the birth date of Frank Lloyd Wright. The creative master of American architecture was born in 1867. Richland Center,Wisconsin.
And, Sara Paretsky turns 78 today. The multi-award laureate and best-selling crime novelist was born in 1947 Ames, Iowa. She is is credited with transforming the role and image of women in the crime novel with her novel character, the female private investigator, V.I. Warshawski.
Most of Christianity has formed itself into a country club with exclusive memberships even inside its churches ... exactly the opposite of Jesus’ intention. To this day, the Eucharist defines membership in terms of worthy and unworthy. Even if we deny that is our intention, it’s clearly the practical message people hear. Isn’t it strange that sins of marriage and sexuality are the primary ones we use to exclude people from the table, when other sins like greed and hatefulness that cause more public damage are never considered? – Fr. Richard Rohr, Meditations, The Center for Action and Contemplation.
Healing
… the wounds to the soul take a long, long time
and patience, and a certain difficult repentance
… from the endless repetition of the mistake
which mankind at large has chosen to sanctify.
— D.H Lawrence, “Healing,” Last Poems, Viking Press.1933 (this book is out of print).
Even with blind faith, I can't find my way back home . . .