Celebrate Solstice: Chew a banana . . .

Friday, June 20, 2025. It's Frigg's (Freya's) day . . . . The Summer Solstice comes to TulseyTown this evening after an introductory hot day. Moderate Southerlies and mid 90's with heat indices in the low 100's.

In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. – Albert Camus

Yesterday, a Rhode Island judge told Trump “No.” It was an important “No”. – Joyce Vance, Civil Discourse

A through-line through the last five months is that uncertainty is Donald Trump's personal comfort zone, where he feels *his* power is maximized. But in basically every domain in which he operates uncertainty *in itself* is damaging to everyone else involved. – Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo, cited by Heather Cox Richardson in Letters From An American.

The most dangerous corporation in America. – Robert Reich

Nichole Kidman turns 57 today. The multple laureate award film and stage actress was born in 1967 Honolulu,Hawaii. ,,, for more about Ms. Kidman.

The genre of summer blockbusters when Jaws. premiered 50 years ago on this date in 1975, directed by Steven Spielberg.

. . . I have no interest in putting into the world a book that has the shelf life of a banana. I hope Figuring has the shelf life of a shelf...History is not what happened, but what survives the shipwrecks of judgment and chance – Maria Popova.