Fishing with chickens . . .

Sunday, August 9, 2026. It's Sol's day . . . at 8:30 a.m. another cool morning ahead of a hot afternoon. Moderate Southwesterlies with a 107º index are in the forecasts for Green Country and TulseyTown.

There is a voice within you that no one, not even you, has ever heard. Give yourself the opportunity of silence and begin the develop youe listening in order to hear, deep within yourself, the music of your own spirit. – John O'Donohue,‍ ‍Anam Cara: A Book Celtic Wisdom. Harper, 1997.

Jesus never once quoted from nineteen of the books in his own Hebrew scriptures. In fact, he used a very few favorites, ignoring most of his own Bible. Yet, it clearly formed his whole consciousness. . .Not all Scriptures were created equal in his mind, which is a great blind spot for most fundamentalists.-- Fr. Richard Rohr, Meditations, The Center for Action and Contemplation.

Today in 1854, Henry David Thoreau published his seminal document narrative Walden, Or Life In The Woods.

Mystery writer Jonathan Kellerman is 77 today. The author of When the Bough Breaks, was born in 1949 New York City.

The poet/novelist Philip Larkin was born today in 1922 Coventry, England.

The author Izaak Walton, was born on this day in 1593 Stafford, England. His book The Compleat Angler, remains in print after 370+ years.

The souls of animals. – Maria Popova, The Marginalian. 

Deserving of chickens. – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse.