The true self . . .

Friday, October 23, 2026. It's Freya's day . . . for the forecasts, see yesterday. At this eight o'clock hour, TulseyTown and GreenCountry are to experience the same warm Fall today and through the weekend. Sun, a few clouds, Southerlies and and 80º. Lovely.

The first national Women’s Rights Convention opened in Worcester, Massachusetts, on this date in 1850.

It was on this day in 1920, the novel Main Street by Sinclair Lewis was published.

Everything feels out of whack. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American

America Hates the Billionaire Barons. They hate us back. – Robert Reich, on Substack

Yesterday was novelist Doris Lessing's birthdate. The Nobel Laureate author of The Golden Notebook, among many, was born in 1919 Kermanshah in what is now Iran.

One of the most prominent Modernist architects in the United States after World War II, Paul Rudolph was born on this day in 918, Elkton, Kentucky.

One of the greatest footballers in history and one of the sport’s first global icons, Pelé was born today in 1940, Três Corações, Brazil.

And, TV talk show host Johnny Carson was born in 1925, Corning, Iowa.

“The monk in us is not some hooded little somebody who is sitting in there, but is our true self. …For heaven's sake, don't allow the monks to steal the contemplative life from you.” –Br. David Steindl-Rast