Waiting, on everything . . .
Tuesday, June 2, 2026. It's Tiw's day . . . Morning thunderstorms in TulseyTown are featured in the forecasts for Green Country. Strong NorEasters make for a cloudy afternoon in the upper 80's.
Today is the birthdate of poet and novelist Thomas Hardy, born in 1840, Higher Bockhampton, Dorset, England.
The Salem Witch Trials handed down their first conviction on this day in 1692.
Yesterday, on June 1, 1950, Senator Margaret Chase Smith, a Republican from Maine, stood up against Republican Senator Joe McCarthy of Wisconsin and his supporters, who were undermining American democracy in a crusade against “communism.” – Heather Cox Richardson.
Returning to 2026, yesterday, newsman Scott Pelly unloaded an earful for his bosses at CBS in a face-to-face.
The week ahead. – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse.
Heads up: Oklahoma Governor & Superintendent Candidate forums are Tuesday, June 2, and Thursday, June 4 at TU's Lorton Center. Admission is free both dates, lobby reception with candidates start at 5pm with a Tulsa Press Club led Q&A starting at 6pm. Could be a packed house.
Iran and its role in the president’s deteriorating mental condition take Heather Cox Richardson's primary concern in today's Letter From An American.
The truth about Trump's upcoming birthday bash. It's a propaganda extravaganza that you will pay for. – Robert Reich.
Apparently worried that enough people won’t show up for Trump’s big UFC birthday bash on June 14, the Pentagon is moving in the troops at his insistence and with Hegseth's help. Well, some troops. Only the buff ones. And the young ones. Er, no women. Oh, and there need to be a bunch from outside of D.C. … and they must pay their own expenses.
And, reinforcing what you should already know: Even the “purest” bottled water may be dosing your body with invisible plastics that slip past the blood-brain barrier. New research indicates that people who rely on plastic bottled water may ingest up to 90,000 more plastic particles a year than those who drink tap water alone (4,000).
Everything is Waiting for You
Your great mistake is to act the drama
as if you were alone. As if life
were a progressive and cunning crime
with no witness to the tiny hidden
transgressions. To feel abandoned is to deny
the intimacy of your surroundings.
…
the window latch grants you freedom.
Alertness is the hidden discipline of familiarity.
The stairs are your mentor of things
to come, the doors have always been there
to frighten you and invite you,
…
Put down the weight of your aloneness and ease into
the conversation. The kettle is singing
even as it pours you a drink, the cooking pots
have left their arrogant aloofness and
seen the good in you at last. All the birds
and creatures of the world are unutterably
themselves. Everything is waiting for you.
– David Whyte, “Everything Is Waiting For You,” Available at Many Rivers Press (revised) 2022.