Yo-Ho-Hum, an' a botl'-o-rum

It's Odin's day . . . the rain this morning in TulseyTown has ceased at this hour (9:45a.m.) and the calm is forecasted to be replaced by strong Westerlies this afternoon... exactly as predicted by the Mares' Tails yesterday (of old farmer's weather forecasts), 24 hours ahead of the rains.

Injustice makes the rules, and courage breaks them. – Ursula Le Guin, in her trilogy Earthsea, Parnassus Press, 1968.

As uncertainty and groundlessness increase, as we lose control of external circumstances, we find ourselves with our backs to the wall. One reponse is to cower in the corner, hoping that chaos and suffering will just go away. But in our heart of hearts we know that will never happen...The alternative is to use this opportunity to start waking up. Which is the more sane approach to our life? – Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart, Shambhala, 2016.

It's the 174th anniverary of Robert Louis Stevenson's birth. He was born on this date in 1850 Edinburgh, Scotland.

The Disney animation Fantasia turns 84 today.

The World Wide Web turns 34 years old today. The proposal for a new global system of interlinked documents on the Internet was published on this date in 1990.

The Buddhist scriptures talk about resting or abiding in recollection. The best English translation of this is mindfulness. “Recollection” in this case does not mean dwelling on the past but being in the present. That flow that takes place—you could be with it. The interconnectedness of all things and nothingness is being collected as your essence in each and every and this present and continuing moment – after Chögyam Trungpa

As the Stone Rolls Gathering

It never felt right

but I did it anyway –

hurt your feelings

disappointing both of us.

There are some things

I would have different

should the karmic wheel

turn out to be real.

— JAB