Winter's disregulation is a witches' brew . . .

Saturday, January 24, 2026. It's the Satyr's day . . . Heavy snow overnight continues today in TulseyTown. As I write at this 7:30 a.m. hour, it is 8º with strong Northerlies and a wind chill at -7º. The forecast high for the day is 15º. About 2” of a wet snow is on the ground with another inch in the forecast for the rest of the day. Another 5 to 8” is indicated in the overnight tonight forecasts. Another 1 to 3” is predicted for Sunday morning, ending around Noon. On my calendar: staying in, staying warm, staying dry.

Gratitude is confidence in life itself. In it, we feel how the same force that pushes grass through cracks in the sidewalk invigorates our own life. – Jack Kornfield

Today in1 848 the California Gold Rush began.

Novelist Edith Wharton was born on this day in 1862 New York City.

Winter can disregulate most all our mental and physical systems, including but not limited to S.A.D. (Seasonal Affective Disorder).

Actors Are Careful This Time of Year

The winds are swirling tonight from the North.

It has the odor of that cave in the Hebrides

where witches gathered.

You know the ones: the three who foretold

the demise of the Thane of Cawdor –

so accurately that years and years

and yet more years after

Shakespeare immortlized them –

probably on a day like this one –

it has become a bad omen

in theatre circles to even mention

the Thane's name

inside the holy space

except when Shakespeare

commands it.

– jab