Such a ruckus

It's Tiw's day … and the Fall transition continue with strong Southerlies today in TulseyTown.

The future of democracy is literally in our hands as faith in our institutions has crumbled in the face of successful attacks from the right and liberal failure to address change.

Attempts to attack the election are already under way. – Joyce Vance, Civil Discourse.

The only way we will birth a multiracial democracy is if we hold up a vision of a future that leaves no one behind, not even our worst opponents. – activist and author Valarie Kaur writing in today's Meditations at the Center for Action and Contemplation.

Donald Trump is the reincarnation of Foghorn Leghorn. – Heather Cox Richardson.

Squawk

– after Mary Oliver

Such a ruckus,

the geese overhead this morning

leading a chorus with the jays

mockingbird cardinals

sparrows and one lone hawk

in a singular squawk.

Rumi said, for the soul there is no proof.

But seems to me the geese know

as much as we do about the whole business.

– jab