Comprehension . . .

Thursday, December 25, 2025 . It's Thor's day . . . Christmas day in TulseyTown. Strong Southerlies continue to bring record near 80º temperatures this afternoon with a mix of sun and clouds.

The light does not erase what is difficult.
It simply keeps us company within it.

Today in 1941, Bing Crosby debuted Irving Berlin's “White Christmas” on The Kraft Music Hall radio program. Crosby later recorded the song for the film Holiday Inn (1942), and it won an Oscar, becoming one of the most popular songs in American history.

The scientist and physicist Sir Isaac Newton was born on this day in 1642 Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. He developed the principles of modern physics, including the laws of motion and gravity among his contributions.

The mystic Pierre Teilhard de Chardin gave us the notion of Christ in all things.

So, when, actually, was Jesus ( Yeshua, Joshua, Yesus) born?

Reclaiming the sacred in our lives naturally brings us close once more to the wellsprings of poetry. – Robert Bly.

Noël

Born is the thought of that night sky.

Born with it: Our freedom,

our freedom to choose

the end of sorrow --

the freedom to choose again,

and again if need be.

All the past, truly past,

all renewing itself

along with You

in each and every this --

this --

very moment.

So, what is this laying

in a straw-and-light-filled barn?

A child we yet cannot see.

Hope we would yet comprehend.

Forgive the world

for all the mistakes

you have made

and be welcome.

Welcome

to your eternal home.

Noël.

Noël.

-- jab 12.24.25