Grazing donkeys . . .

Monday, February 16, 2026. It's the Moon's day . . . and it is New. Forecasts for TulseyTown indicate moderate to strong Southerlies bringing sunny skies with only a cloud or two this afternoon, warming to the mid 70's.

By following The Way there are moments you may find yourself in the unknown. Be comfortable with that. It is as Buddha taught: all is emptiness. Getting too attached to the safety of a nearby harbor or desert oasis can send you into an existential tailspin off the path. The present moment has never occurred before. Of course it would be unknown. Sit. Breathe.

The Epstein class. Trump is the “honorary” chair. – Robert Reich, Happy President's Day, 2.18.26

What's driving the squalor? – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American, posted last night.

The Week Ahead – Joyce Vance, Civil Discourse today.

Grazing Donkeys

World of water and mud,

since I've known you

I've known trial, tribulation, and torment.

You are a pasture for grazing donkeys,

not the abode of Jesus.

What am I doing in a pasture for grazing donkeys?

Why insist on above and below

when my Source dwells in every here and every there?

Why ask where of everywhere?

Turn off the tongue.

Enter nothingness.

See all things through nothing's eyes.

– Rumi, in Water, translated by Haleh Liza Gafori, The New York Review of Books, 2025.