Figs and soul-mates . . .

Sunday, February 22, 2026. It's Sol's day . . . another reminder that it is still Winter. Northerlies are forecasted to hold wind-chills in the 30's in spite of sunny skies this afternoon. A roller-coaster week ahead.

Wabi-sabi is the cracked bowl. Kintsugi is process of repairing the bowl with gold. We live in a wabi-sabi world. Our mission is Kintsugi. – Jeff Krasno, “Scarred for Life,” 2.21.26

George Washington was born on this date in 1732 Westmoreland County, Virginia.

The philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer was born on this day in 1788, Danzig, Prussia, now Gdańsk, Poland.

It's also the birthdate of Edna St. Vincent Millay. Poet and dramatist, she was born in 1892 Rockland, Maine.

Notes from a half-full-cup guy. – Richard Rohor, Sunday Thought.

There is a reason we search for soul-mates and not self-mates. – Maria Popova, The Marginalian, 2.22.26

First Fig

My candle burns at both ends;
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends—
It gives a lovely light!

– Edna St. Vincent Millay, “First Fig” This poem is in the public domain.