It's a state of mind . . .

Saturday, May 9, 2026. It's the Satyr's day . . . Moderate Southerlies, sunny skies and mid 80's are in the forecasts for Green Country and TulseyTown. There's a chance for thunderstorms tomorrow morning early, before sunrise chases them away.

In case you were wondering what kind of news day yesterday was, Heather Cox Richichardson fills us in, in Letters From An American.

Another in the “truly great” film categories, Alfred Hitchcock's psychological thriller Vertigo, starring James Stewart and Kim Novak, premiered in San Francisco. It remains widely regarded as one of the greatest movies ever.

Laureate stage and film actor Albert Finney was born today in 1936, Salford, Lancashire [now in Greater Manchester], England.

It's the birthday of the creator of Peter Pan, J.M. Barrie, born in 1860, Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland.

Poet and essayist Charles Simic was born on this day in 1938 Belgrade, Yugoslavia.

And, The Piano Man, Billy Joel, is 79 today, born in 1949, Bronx, New York. The only state of mind he's ever been in.