A bright idea . . .

Saturday, February 28, 2026. It's the Satyr's day . . . Forecasts for TulseyTown indicate slight rain chances for rain the next several days. Likely mid week. Increasing clouds late today after another possible record high in the low 80's with moderate to strong Southerlies.

Today's Mailbox was jammed to the seams with politics and this reminder:

Gratefulness is possible with the awareness of the fragility of what we have.

That said . . .

Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu launched co-ordinated strikes across Iran this morning. Iran is retaliating with missle attacks in Israel and on U.S. bases in the region.

Trump is about to turn CNN into his own private FOX. – Miles Taylor, Defiance. 2.27.26.

DIRECTV is warning of the danger of mega ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC mergers impacting local news coverage.

(… Whew … )

Today is the birthday of Paul Krugman. The Nobel Prize laureate economist and journalist was born in 1953, Albany, New York.

The internationally acclaimed architect and designer Frank Gehry was born today in 1929, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

And, Linus Pauling was born on this day in 1901, Portland, Oregon. The theoretical physical chemist became the only person to have won two unshared Nobel Prizes.

My uncle, Eugene Wilson Young, survived WWII as a B24 gunner. He became a geologist after the war. It was a fine day, so he told me, when he came up with a bright idea.

My Uncle's Bright Idea

Eugene Wilson we called him, had an idea:

Take home as many oil well core samples

as would fit into his new Volkswagen Golf –

a German made auto he swore

he'd never drive

much less purchase –

put them on a lathe at his workshop

and using carbon fiber sandpaper

polish them into lamp bases,

some of which now adorn my abode's rooms

bringing the light he searched for years

to share.

– jab

Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy. – Thomas Merton