Perfectly imperfect . . .
Wednesday, July 30, 2025. It's Odin's day . . . TulseyTown's heat eases
There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in. – Leonard Cohen
Yesterday
Poet Stanley Kunitz was born in 1905 Worcester, Massachusetts.
Don Marquis was born in 1878 Walnut, Illinois. The novelist, poet, newspaper columnist, and playwright. He created the famous characters Archy and Mehitabel.
“Publishing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.” ― Don Marquis.
Today
Emily Brontë was born in 1818 Thornton, Yorkshire, England, the sister of Anne and Charlotte Brontë.
Sculptor Henry Moore was born on this day in 1898, Castleford,Yorkshire, England
Buddy Guy is 89 today. The blues guitarist was born in 1936 Lettsworth, Louisiana.
Kate Bush turns 67 today. The English singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer was born in 1958, Bexleyheath, Kent, England. Hear about the deal she wants to make at the very end of today’s entries.
It's Christopher Nolan's 55th birthday. The British film director and writer was born today in 1970, London, England.
And, the U.S.'s first national health insurance program – Medicare and Medicade – came into law on this day with President Lyndon Johnson's signature on the Social Security Act of 1965.
It is in the process of embracing our imperfections that we find our truest gifts – Brené Brown in Meditations, The Center for Action and Contemplation, 7.29.25
The Layers
I have walked through many lives,
some of them my own,
and I am not who I was,
though some principle of being
abides, from which I struggle
not to stray.
[...]
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
“Live in the layers,
not on the litter.”
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
is already written.
I am not done with my changes.
– Stanley Kunitz, The Layers, From The Collected Poems by Stanley Kunitz .W. W. Norton, 1978.