Waiting on certainty . . .

Wednesday, July 29, 2026. It's Odin's day . . . and the moon is full. Green Country forecasts remain in the “rinse repeat” cycle. Moderate Southerlies, mostly clear, hot, sunny skies. The TulseyTown afternoon is to bake in the upper 90's with an index of 109º.

“Waiting is not mere empty hoping. It has the inner certainty of reaching the goal.” ~I Ching

Publishing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal into the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo. – Don Marqis.

The twice named U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize awardee Stanley Kunitz was born today in 1905 Worcester, Massachusetts.

The first part of J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy epic The Lord of the Rings was published today in 1954.

And, Don Marquis born in 1878 Walnut, Illinois.The newspaperman, poet, and playwright created the literary characters Archy, the cockroach, and Mehitabel, the cat, — wry, down-and-out philosophers of the 1920’s.

Today in 1957, The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) came into full official force.

NASA was established on this day in 1958.

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Dag Hammarskjöld was born on this date in 1905 Jönköping, Sweden.

And, Alexis de Tocqueville was born in 1805 Paris, France. He published the classic Democracy in America.

an idea isn't responsible for the people who believe it....you want to know whether i believe in ghosts, of course i do not believe in them. if you had known as many of them as i have you would not believe in them either.
―Don Marquis, Archy and Mehitabel, first published in 1927 by Doubleday, Page & Company. Current edition publisher is Anchor, 1970.

Don't just do something. Wait for it.