Red tape and wild horses . . .

Saturday, January 10, 2026. It's the Satyr's day . . . Moderate Northerlies make for a chilly day for TulseyTown. While skies are forecast to be sunny, they'll be accomanied by low 50's and an all day wind chill in the 40's.

All our laws and rules to protect coral reefs now stand in the way of radical action to save them from heat death. – Irus Braverman, “ Red tape on a blue planet,” in Aeon, 1.10.25

Today in 1949 RCA introduced the 45-rpm record. It became the standard format for rock and roll and changed an entire generation, and consequently, the world.

Poet Philip Levine was born on this day in 1928 Detroit, Michigan.

And, Dorianne Laux is 75 today. The poet/professor was born in 1952 Augusta, Maine.

Wild Horses

Mustangs were bred for stamina, little knock-kneed

engines. InThe Misfits they were bred for dog food.

Marilyn Monroe was even more beautiful in black and white.

– Dorianne Laux, read and listen to her reading “Wild Horses,” Poetry Magazine, 2022.