Snowfall is a quiet song . . .
Tuesday, February 18, 2025. It's Tiw's day . . . and A Winter storm is settling over TulseyTown today. Forecasts indicate strong Northerlies, up to 6” of snow by nightfall along with dropping temperatures during the day into the single digits and wind chill well below zero. The cold forecasted to extend through tomorrow, easing Thursday and a warmer weekend. Needless to say, yers trooley is in for the day.
Personal growth is the process of learning to lie to ourselves less. – Mark Manson
Today is Ramakrishna's birth date. The Indian Hindu mystic was born in 1836 Kamarpukur, Bengal Presidency, India. He advocated the essential unity of religions and proclaimed that world religions are "so many paths to reach one and the same goal" unifying the many Hindi faiths.
Yoko Ono is celebrating her 92nd birthday today. The Japanese artist and musician was born in1933 Tokyo, Japan.
Today is also the birthdate of Toni Morrison. The Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, editor and professor was born in 1931 Lorain, Ohio.
It's the 126th anniversary of Enzo Ferrari's birth. The Italian motor racing driver and founder of the Ferrari Grand Prix motor racing team, and subsequently of the Ferrari automobile marque was born in 1898 Modena, Italy.
Sheryl Crow sold her Tesla and donated the funds to NPR. That's putting your money where your mouth is. How 'bout you?
“The Ugly American” showed its true face at the Munich security conference just ended. – Heather Cox Richardson, Letters From An American.
And Sophie Strand recently posted an update to her sudden yet-to-be-diagnosed illness.
Winter Dharma
We're into the Winter side of the Solstice. And while the daylight is growing
now by several seconds each day, we still need times of darkness,
quietness, and stillness for healing and rest,
as much as we need activity, noise, and light.
Nowadays in the Western world, the shift to winter barely registers
for most people, anyway - except that maybe it's time to haul your heavy coat
out of storage, lace up your boots
and turn up the dial on your thermostat.
Ancient cultures like the Egyptians, the Maori, the Maya,
the Inca, the Druids, the Celts, and so many others -
all celebrated Solstice. In the Chinese Taoist tradition,
winter solstice is considered the most yin of days
(dark / feminine / damp / intuitive / formless).
Energy comes to a momentary point of pause
before it gives birth to yang (its light / masculinity / heat / its logic / all its forms).
Yin and yang are the basis of most Chinese medicine, philosophy and meditation.
And according to these schools of wisdom,
neither Yang nor Yin can exist without the other.
These two seemingly opposite forces are intimately
interconnected and wholly complementary.
The words of Yang — as are these —
attempt comprehension beyond their grasp.
The meaning felt in your mind in this moment
is Yin, singing ever so quietly.
– jab