Searching for clues . . .

Wednesday, January 7, 2026. It's Odin's day . . .

Mares’ tails and mackerel scales make tall ships carry low sails. The otherwise clear blue skies yesterday morning before noon contained numerous mare's tails – coordinate with the U.S. Weather Bureau forecasts for good rains beginning tomorrow in TulseyTown. Forecasts for today indicate increasing cloudiness with moderate Southerlies and the last 70º day for at least the next ten days as cooler conditions prevail.

Your naivety is not. It is your source of wisdom: the navigational map of The Way.

Today is the birthday of St. Bernadette of Lourdes. She was born on this day in 1844, Lourdes, France.

It’s also the birthdate of Zora Neale Hurston. The writer, anthropologist, folklorist, and documentary filmmaker was born in 1891 Notasulga, Alabama.

Jann Wenner is 79 today. The publisher of Rolling Stone was born in 1946 New York City.

And, Katie Couric turns 68. A television host at all of the Big Three television networks she was born in 1957, Arlington, Virginia.

Dancing Donald. – Heather Cox Richardson in Letters From An American.

Trump is attempting to rewrite the history of January 6th. – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse.

Today in 1972, the existence of a cosmic black hole was confirmed for the first time.

I’m tempted to make a joke of the previous three items. Hmmm… just did.

Searching for a clue about how to navigate the emerging landscape...The isms create chasms that too many of us have fallen into. The walls erected by phobias were meant to keep the Other out, but instead have imprisoned those who built them...Perhaps ironically, it was a man who showed the way to my Mother. – – Mirabai Starr, “How I Met My Mother in a World Out of Balance” 1.6.26