Might as well have courage . . .

Saturday, February 15, 2025. It's the Satyr's day . . . TulseyTown's day holds morning rain chances possibly mixing with snow showers during the afternoon. Strong Northerlies are to push this mornings' 50's down to the mid 30's. The week ahead has some bitter cold. Stay tuned.

Miranda July turns 51 today. The artist, writer, and filmmaker was born Miranda Grossinger in 1974 Barre, Vermont.

We humans are here because nothing can be perfect. There always have to be some living things that are unsatisfied, itchy, trying too hard. If it was all just animals and rocks and lettuce, the gods wouldn't feel like they had enough to do. – Miranda July

Galileo was born on this date in 1564 Pisa, Italy.

And, Susan B. Anthony was born today in 1820 Adams, Massachusetts.

Speaking of the courageous . . .

The face of courage. – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse.

White-caps on the waves increasing inside the DOJ: Echoing Dr. Vance. – Heather Cox Richardson, Letters From An American.

Pay attention to what's happening to the National Archives. It's bigger than a little Trumpian spat with a small agency.

“It is said that his [Shakespeare's] time was easier than ours, but I doubt it — no time can be easy if one is living through it.” – James Baldwin. We forget that our particular moment, with all its tribulations and triumphs, is not neatly islanded in the river of time but swept afloat by massive cultural currents that have raged long before it and will rage long after. – Maria Popova, The Marginalian,