Build a lover from a wicker basket . . .

Monday, August 24, 2026

It's the Moon's day . . . Cooler conditions are in the forecasts for Green Country today. After welcome morning rains, moderate Southeasterlies are to maintain cloudy skies for TulseyTown's afternoon. Mid 90's with an index in the low 100's.

Today in 79 C.E. Italy’s Mount Vesuvius is traditionally believed to have erupted destroying the ancient cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

The nation of Ukraine is celebrating its Independence today.

Trump’s game plan is to control a giant media monopoly — including CBS News, CNN, Comedy Central (home to Jon Stewart), HBO (John Oliver), and even TikTok (where 1 out of 5 Americans now get their news) — to silence criticism of Trump. – Robert Reich, The Monopoly Deal. On substack today.

The Week Ahead. – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse.

Trump's killings have resumed. – Miles Taylor, Defiance, posted today.

Build a lover from a wicker basket. – Sophie Strand, in Make Me Good Soil, posted today.

Summer Grass

Summer grass aches and whispers.
It wants something; it calls and sings; it pours
out wishes to the overhead stars.

The rain hears; the rain answers; the rain is slow
coming; the rain wets the face of the grass.

– Carl Sandburg, “Summer Grass,” Good Morning, America, Harcourt, Brace in 1928. This poem is in the public domain.