YoYo's and swans . . .
Wednesday, October 7, 2026 . It's Odin's day . . . a warm week is in the GreenContry forecasts. Afternoons in TulseyTown are to feature easy Southerlies, bright sunshine and upper 80’s. At this 9 o'clock hour, a full mailbox.
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy. – Thich Nhat Hanh
So many of our Catholic saints are examples of heroic martyrdom; the message they give is, “If I am perfect, then God will love me.” Because I was so programmed to think that way, I really needed to be released from that pursuit of perfection. Thank God both Thérèse and Francis of Assisi did that for me. – Fr. Richard Rohr, “A Visit from Thérèse,” Meditations, The Center for Action and Contemplation. 10.2.26
Allen Ginsberg read his poem “Howl” at the Six Gallery in San Francisco on this date in 1955. The event gave birth to what has come to be known as “the beat generation.”
Poet and author Diane Ackerman is 78 today, born in 1948 Waukegan, Illinois. Among my faves, a great read in any genre.
It's also the birthdate of Nobel Prize laureate physicist Niels Bohr, born in 1885 Copenhagen.
Vladimir Putin is 74 today, born in 1952, Leningrad, Russia, U.S.S.R. [now St. Petersburg, Russia] .
Nobel Peace laureate Desmond Tutu was born on this day in 1931 Klerksdorp, South Africa .
A message for men:
[The coming elections] also happen to be a test of whether we believe what we say when we tell folks to “stand up for women.”. . . Our sons are watching what men get away with. And our daughters are watching to see whether anyone stops them. Does our country actually stand up for women? They’re right to wonder. – Miles Taylor, Defiance.
R.D. Laing born in 1927 Glasgow, Scotland. The British psychiatrist was noted for his alternative approach to the treatment of schizophrenia incorporating existential philosophy. His writings were significant influences in interdisciplinary academia, yers trooly among them.
“Truth is literally that which is without secrecy, what discloses itself without a veil. ” – R.D. Laing
And, the French-born American cellist Yo-Yo Ma is 71 today, born in 1955, Paris, France.