Out of darkness, light . . .
Wednesday, October 29, 2025. It's Odin's day . . . He's swinging his hammer into high winds for Okieland today. Forecasts indicate Northerlies into the 30+ mph range, easing somewhat by afternoon. A cold, cloudy day with wind chill in the 40's and a slight chance for rain.
Be patient with yourself, just as you are.
Today is the anniversary of Black Tuesday, which happened in 1929 — the worst stock market crash in the history of the United States. Black Tuesday was the beginning of the Great Depression. By 1932, 90% of the stock market value had been erased, more than 100,000 businesses had failed and 13 million people had lost their jobs
Trump’s allies are openly discussing how to keep him in power beyond the limits of the Constitution...For years, Bannon has used provocation to test how far the MAGA movement can go without consequence. Now he’s saying the quiet part plainly: they believe Trump should rule without limits, and they’re laying the groundwork for a Trump 3rd term. – in an email post from People for the American Way 10.26.25
Every American who shares the values for which American troops have been fighting and dying for almost 250 years, should join us on the side of democracy and against Trump’s emerging police state. – Robert Reich, online 10.29.25
The ACLU and Common Cause are joining the resistance.
How many truckloads does it take? – Garrison Keillor, The Column, 10.08.25
Re-build a bridge. From the sky. Using drones and flying 3-D printers. Carnegie Mellon thinks so.
Truth must often arrive obliquely. Directness is overrated when the soul is in motion. Mythic modes of perception don’t obey the laws of logic...you will understand when your heart recognizes what your mind can’t name. If this has any ring of truth for you, consider a Halloween costume as an oracle or fortune-teller. – Pisces (that would be yers trooley) forecast for the coming week by Rob Brezsney, Free Will Astrology, 10.28.2025. For other imaginative Halloween suggestions, check out your sun sign at Brezsney's site.
Out Of Darkness, Light
[...]
In East Indian tradition there is a story
that in the beginning of creation
the god-head lived inside our consciousness
until our ego hijacked it for behaviors
which disturbed the gods so much
they took it from us. Debate then
became where to hide it so humans
wouldn't find it. Infinite potential
rejected the bottom of the seas well as
the heavens. Then Brahman said
“Let's hide it inside humans since they
will never think to look for it there.”
The silence that followed filled with light.
Eyes opening, the world and you and I
will have changed in ways
neither you nor I may yet speak of.
– jab