Not all dreams are nightmares . . .
Monday, June 23, 2025 , It's the Moon's day . . .Morning in TulseyTown, as I build the blog for today, is surprisingly mild. The weatherfeather indicates afternoon heat indices in the upper 90's with moderate Southerlies.
Shakespeare set his play A Midsummer Night's Dream on this night. Tonight is Midsummer Night's Eve, also called St. John's Eve. St. John is the patron saint of beekeepers. It's a time when the hives are full of honey. The full moon that occurs this month was called the Mead Moon, because honey was fermented to make mead, and that's where the word "honeymoon" comes from. It is a time for lovers. An old Swedish proverb says, "Midsummer Night is not long but it sets many cradles rocking. – Garrison Keillor made note of it in his repost for this date.
"The course of true love never did run smooth.” - Lysander in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 1, Scene 1
The less people know and the worse off they are, the more certain they are of their decisions and their opinions. And the more people know and the smarter they are, the more uncertain. It's easier to be certain when you don't know very much. – Dr. Kelly McGonigal
The more Trump asserts his certainty, which is all the time, the more he reveals how much he doesn't know. The dude hasn't a clue and is no doubt internally grasping at straws, believing the last thing handed to him by someone he trusts simply because they never disagree with him. To disagree with him is to challenge his certainty, and that is his Achilles heel.
Trump administration officials are already walking back Trump’s boast of “complete and total obliteration.” Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine said it was “way too early” to assess the amount of damage. International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi said that “no one, no one, neither us, nobody else, could be able to tell you how much it has been damaged.” – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.
A single person — Donald J. Trump — has released the dogs of war on one of the most dangerous countries in the world, and done it without the consent of Congress, our allies, or even a clear explanation to the American people. Anyone who has doubted Trump’s intention to replace American democracy with a dictatorship should now be fully disabused. – Robert Reich, “The Dogs of War.”
Trump's power trip is a danger to the world and not just American democracy. He is an American Hitler. Perhaps it’s worth reminding ourselves: Our democracy has a flaw and we must fix it.
The Week Ahead – Joyce Vance, Civil Discourse.
Spekin of war: Today is the 711th anniversary of the “Battle of Bannockburn.” Ifn ya got inny Scot blud in ya y'allredy new. If not, ye shud.
Compassion is that which hears the suffering of others. In fearful conditions, our own noise can drown that out. Wisdom is in part a recognition of our interdependence; fear can hide that from us. – Sallie Tisdale, “Alone on the Bodhisattva Path,” Tricycle, 4.6.20.
If we shadows have offended,
Think but this, and all is mended,
That you have but slumber’d here
While these visions did appear.
And this weak and idle theme,
No more yielding but a dream . . .
— Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Act V, Scene 1
A dream unto itself: The Mendelssohn Overture