Leaves are thinking about the ground . . .

Thursday, October 23, 2025. It's Freya's day . . . Rain, rain, and more rain. Up to 5 inches are indicated in the forecasts for TulseyTown. Likely, it'll be on/off/on today, tomorrow and easying to an end Sunday morning. Moderate to strong Southeasterlies maintain low 60's.

The fear of losing what you believe you own can drive an incessant search for the freedom you think is “out there,” wherever it is you are not.

Yesterday, Maria Popova celebrated the 19th anniversary of the first posting of what became her extraordinary online effort, The Marginalian.

It's not his house. It's your house. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.

Reaction to the demolition is negative. The project is unlikely to be finished anytime soon. So who is it for?

Trump's power grab is headed for the Supreme Court. – Joyce Vance, Civil Discourse.

A new direction for the democratic party? – Robert Reich, The Mamdani Moment, online today, 10.24.25

By definition, those who could not make it in a merit-based system and who are dependent on the good will of an authoritarian leader have neither the skill nor the priorities to deliver good government for the country. An update from Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.

Today is United Nations Day, the 80th anniversary of the establishing of the United Nations.

Song For Autumn

In the deep fall don't you imagine

the leaves think how comfortable

it will be to touch the earth …

And at evening especially,

the piled firewood shifts a little,

longing to be on its way.

– Mary Oliver, “Song For Autumn”, New and Selected Poems, Vol.2, Beacon Press, 2005.