Rejecting convention. . .

Sunday, May 17, 2026. It's Sol's day . . . 8:30 a.m. Starting out sunny, forecasts for Green Country indicate overcast skies developing over TulseyTown by afternoon, along with strong, gusty Southerlies and upper 80s (again). Rain chances increase overnight.

The fundamental delusion of human-kind is that there is a self separated from all other “things.” The Earth is held in its perfect orbit and distance from the sun by all the gravitational forces of the universe, which, by the way, are also beating our hearts and breathing us. If we need to have faith in something, perhaps that will do. – Peter Coyote, “Welcome to Delusionville” Tricycle Magazine.

On this day in 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. The unanimous ruling stated that racial segregation in public schools violated the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which guarantees equal protection of the laws to all citizens.

170 million women (and an unknown number of men) are likely to be glad of this: PCOS has a new name, published in The Lancet Medical Journal with a much better approach to diagnosis.

And, its the birthdate of Erik Satie born in 1866, Honfleur, Calvados, France. A unique classical composer, his compositions successfully rejected musical convention and were a precursor to modern ambient music,

Dance with Apollo if you dare.