Good ol' reliable change . . .

Friday, July 31, 2026. It's Freya's day . . . at 9 a.m. Green Country is experiencing scattered rain. Forecasts indicate the showers moving out of the area before noon, giving way to another dangerously hot, humid afternoon. Moderate Westerles, real temperatures in the low 100's with an index forecasted at 112º by late afternoon when everything begins to cool with a major change. A cold front is to bring Northerlies and a mid 70's day tomorrow.

Too busy, not enough time, too stressed out to meditate? All your design. Got ten seconds? Meditate on this mantra for ten seconds: We are love, light and peace. Don't be surprised if your ten seconds become a whole minute … or more.

While Trump's approval ratings fall into record lows, and the Whiplash War continues, Republicans are devoting themselves to serving red meat to their MAGA base, ginning up sound bites for distribution on social media. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.

They lie about the numbers. All of them. All the time. – Miles Taylor, Defiance, 7.30.26

British author J.K. Rowling is 61 today. The creator of the immensely popular Harry Potter series, she was born on this day in 1965 Yate, Gloucestershire, England.

And, today is the birthdate of Mary Harris Jones, or “Mother Jones.” Born to a tenant farmer in 1837 Cork, Ireland she was a firebrand labor leader and child advocate and, of course, changed America for the better.

“I asked a man in prison once how he happened to be there and he said he had stolen a pair of shoes. I said if he had stolen a railroad, he would be a United States Senator.” – Mother Jones. The Autobiography of Mother Jones, Chapter 10, "The March of the Mill Children." First published in 1925 by C.H. Kerr and Company. This edition: Dover Publications, 2012.