A blizzard in the mailbox . . .
Monday, March 2, 2026. It's the Moon's day . . . This is the last blood moon until 2029. and a total lunar eclipse is to occur tomorrow morning in TulsyTown – if the clouds allow. Tomorrow morning's forecast indicates a “mostly cloudy” set of conditions during the best viewing times from 5a.m. to 6am, so there's a chance, small though it may be. The event will unfold in the Western skies. Today's forecasts indicate Northerlies continuing to bring cloudy skies with cool conditions in the mid 50's afternoon.
Sometimes compassion will arise spontaneously, like the clouds parting to reveal the blue sky. At other times we may have to make a conscious effort, which is a bit more like imagining what the blue sky looks like, even when it’s obscured by clouds. – Andy Puddicombe
The week ahead. – Joyce Vance, Civil Discourse.
Trump and Iran: to divert attention and the real costs. – Robert Reich, Trump's Real Reason, online.
Trump and Iran: A historic perspective, from Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.
Yesterday, birthdays at the back of the mailbox . . .
Javier Bardem turned 57. He was born in 1969, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain.
Ron Howard turned 72. The multi-awarded laureate for his film acting and directing born in 1954, Duncan, Oklahoma.
And the composer/pianist Frédéric Chopin was born in 1810 near Warsaw, Duchy of Warsaw (now in Poland) .
Today’s birthdays spilling out from the front . . .
John Irving is 84 today. The novelist and screen writer was born in 1942 Exeter, New Hampshire. He is the author of The World According to Garp and Cider House Rules, among more than 15 other novels and screenplays.
Daniel Craig is 58. His list of film credits would fill any mailbox. He was born in 1968, Chester, Cheshire, England.
One of the most influential songwriter/musicians in the history of alternative rock, Lou Reed, was born on this day in 1942, Brooklyn, New York. He was not afraid of shining light on New York City's “wild side.”
The author Tom Wolfe was born on this day in 1930, Richmond, Virginia. A leading proponent of New Journalism (the application of fiction-writing techniques to journalism).
Today is also the birthdate of the children’s book author who wrote under the name Dr. Seuss, born Theodor Geisel, in 1904 Springfield, Massachusetts.
And, Kurt Weill was born in 1900, Dessau, Germany. The German-born American composer created a revolutionary kind of opera featuring sharp social satire in collaboration with the writer Bertolt Brecht.
Without the experience of a New York blizzard, your life is not complete until you’ve seen one. – Garrison Keillor, “What A Beautiful Blizzard,” TheColumn.
There’s nothing that quite matches watching a snowfall in the late evening.