Treasures in an empty chamber . . .

Tuesday, August 19, 2025. It's Tiw's day . . . and if I read the weatherfeather correctly, today will be TulseyTown's last 100º Tuesday for the year. The slight rain chance this morning has already departed at this ten o’clock hour, yielding to clouds, sun, light breezes and the heat.

Bonkers across the board. – Heather Cox Richardson, posted for today in her Letters From An American.

Bill Clinton turns 79 today. Our 42nd President was born in 1946, Hope, Arkansas.

Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit turns 52. She was born on this day in 1973,Kristiansand, Norway.

The poet Li-Young Lee turns 68 today, born in 1957 Jakarta, Indonesia.

Ogden Nash was born in 1902 Rye, New York.

And, the inventor who developed the first all-electronic television system, Philo Farnsworth, was born on this day in 1906, Beaver, Utah

Virginia Woolf's treasures can be found in a routine of your own.

Echo Chambers

Everyone wants peace, but votes for hawks.

A senator holds forth to an empty chamber.

No one listens. Everybody talks . . .

– Susan McLean, “Echo Chambers,” Rattle, 8.19.25