Charlie Brown's Christmas . . .

Tuesday, December 9, 2025. It's Tiw's day . . . and moderate to strong Southerlies, sunny skies and low 60's are in the forecasts for TulseyTown by afternoon. The warmer trend is predicted to extend to the weekend when cooler conditions are likely.

Do not feel lonely. The entire universe is inside you. – Rumi

Fibber ...

What a relief:

You don't have to become

what you already are.

– Jim Harrison, “Fibber” in In Search of Small Gods, Copper Canyon Press. 2009

Trump can't remember what he says, doesn't care, or everything he says is gas-light. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.

Regardless, the Supreme Court seems poised to grant this dangerous man even more power than they already have. – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse.

Frank Gehry died last week, on December 5th. He was 96. NPR posted an excellent remembrance of the architect.

Today is the birthdate of the poet John Milton. The author of Paradise Lost was born in 1608 London.

Dame Judi Dench is 91 today. The multi-laureate awarded British actress was born in 1934, North Yorkshire, England.

The cartoonist, humorist, and poet Ashleigh Brilliant was born on this day in 1933 London.

The greatest obstacle to discovering Truth is being convinced you already have it. – Ashleigh Brilliant

Charlie Brown's Christmas almost didn't happen. One of the season's classics made its debut in 1965 on CBS television in spite of network execs almost pulling the plug.

How Lonely

Only humans could love a machine,

unrequited and unable to return.

We celebrate being –

simultaneous noun and adjective –

a reflection of the present moment

about which the machine has

no possible embrace

let alone a future.

How lonely. Existence

confined to a digital past.

– jab