Navigating an uncertain Way . . .
Monday, February 23, 2026. It's the Moon's day . . .another chilly day is in the TulseyTown forecasts before a warming trend settles in tomorrow. It was 16º this morning on my walk to the Mailbox. Much milder mornings ahead. Easy Northerlies with near 50º under sunny skies this afternoon.
The artist’s dilemma and the meditator’s share repeatedly a willingness to confront an unknown and to risk a response they cannot predict or control.
True work is practical work relating to the present moment, to the earth directly. You could be working in the garden, in the house, washing dishes, or doing whatever demands your attention. If you do not feel that every step, every situation reflects your state of mind, and therefore has spiritual significance, then the pattern of your life can become chaotic and you may begin to wonder where all your problems come from. – Chögyam Trungpa, The Myth of Freedom, Shambhala. 2025.
The first printing of the Gutenberg Bible began today in 1455 Mainz, Germany.
Today in 1927 Werner Heisenberg outlined his “uncertainty principle” in a letter to a colleague. The principle became a fundamental component of what is now called quantum mechanics.
Trump and hi$ cronie$ want a disastrous mine operation in Minnesota. Descendents of Theodore Roosevelt have called them on it. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American, 2.23.26
The Week Ahead – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse
Boycott tomorrow's State of the Dis-Union? – Robert Reich, “It’s the least we can do.”
Trump will be lying to a country that doesn’t believe him. Because a majority of the country has lost faith in this administration and isn’t open to hearing about an alternative reality that’s at odds with what they are seeing and experiencing. – Mat Kerbel, Wolves and Sheep, 2.23.26
Your country is loving you back—just not in the way you are used to hearing. It’s not speaking in anthems or flags or ostentatious displays of patriotism. It will never come from the people who say the only way to love America is to hate Americans. Love is found in every act of courage—large and small—taken to preserve the country we once knew. You will find it in homes and schools and churches and art. It is there; it has not been squashed. – Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker in his “State of the State Address” – Heather Cox Richardson in Letters From An American.
The composer of “The Messiah,” and “Water Music,” George Frideric Handel was born today in 1685, Halle, Brandenburg Germany.
Original devices navigating The Way . . .