Children pay attention . . .
Monday, March 23, 2026. It's the Moon's day . . . moderate Northwesterlies are in the forecasts for Green Country bringing a chill to otherwise sunny skies to TulseyTown. Mid 60's this afternoon are to ease the area out of its mid 40's wind-chill of the morning.
Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift. – Mary Oliver.
Today, one of, if not the most important, cases in front of the Supreme Court this term begins. The Week Ahead. – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse.
More creative's birthdays . . .
Kurosawa Akira born in 1910 Tokyo, Japan. He was the first Japanese film director to win international acclaim
Elizabeth Taylor born in 1932 London, England.
Yesterday:
Reese Witherspoon turned 50. The multi-laureate awarded actor was born in 1976 New Orleans, Louisiana.
William Shatner – the original “Captain Kirk” in Star Trek – celebrated his 95th. The actor, author, director, producer was born in 1931 Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
James Patterson is 79. The prolific author was born in 1947 Newburgh, New York.
Andrew Lloyd Webber is 78. The English composer and impresario of musical theatre was born in 1948 London, England.
And, one of the most important figures in 20th-century musical theater, Stephen Sondheim, was born in 1930 New York City.
At The River Clarion
… the river Clarion still flows
from wherever it comes from
to where it has been told to go . . .
while I sit here in a house filled with books,
ideas, doubts, hesitations.
And still, pressed deep into my mind,
the river keeps coming, passing by
on its long journey. Its pale, infallible voice singing.
. . .
And how are you so certain
that it doesn't sing?
– Mary Oliver, from “At the River Clarion,” Evidence, Beacon Press, 2025
– Stephen Sondheim, Into The Woods.