I couldn't forget Béla . . .
Wednesday, March 25, 2026. It's Odin's day . . . Strong Southerlies are to bring record high temperatures to Green Country today. The forecasts for TulseyTown indicate windy, clear, sunny skies and mid 90's. Gusty winds are in the forecasts through Friday, turning Northerly Friday morning.
Everything’s miraculous if my heart is open enough and I’m present enough to receive it. – Mark Nepo
Good news for us: Creatives keep being born:
Gloria Steinem is 92 born March 25, 1934, Toledo,Ohio. She famously said “A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.” A leading feminist spokesperson since the mid-20th century, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013.
Elton John is 79. He was born in 1947, Pinner, Middlesex, England.
Sarah Jessica Parker is 60 today born in 1965, Nelsonville, Ohio. She’s won six Golden Globe Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards. Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2022
Aretha Franklin was born on this day in 1942, Memphis, Tennessee, Considered one of the greatest vocalists of the 20th century.
And it's the birthdate of Flannery O’Connor. The novelist and short-story writer was born in 1925 Savannah, Georgia.
It looks like Trump tried to “fix” the stock market. And, if so, it might even have been treason.
“Insider trading” is one thing. It is illegal. But exploiting confidential information about national security for private financial gain is something else again. It puts profit-making above Americans’ safety. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.
“Fixing” the stock market matters. There’s a word for it. It’s called corruption. – Robert Reich, “Trump’s Graft, Insider’s Grift” substack 3.25.26
The 2026 midterms are shaping up as a referendum on exactly this kind of corruption. Trump and his cronies are leaving a paper trail for future prosecutors. So much so, it's like they want to go to prison. – Miles Taylor, Defiance, 3.25.26
Oh, I almost forgot: Today is also the birthday of Béla Bartók. The Hungarian composer was born in 1881, Nagyszentmiklós, Austria-Hungary now Romania. His Concerto for Orchestra is a staple of the standard concert repertory.