Speakeasy pointers . . .
Wednesday, September 24, 2025. It's Odin's day . . . Moderate Northerlies are in the forecasts, bringing much cooler temps in the mid 70's. The morning cloud cover is to yield to some clearing by afternoon. The weatherfeather indicates sun and 80's for the coming ten days starting tomorrow. The autumnal equinox moved through TulseyTown Monday. Keep your eys on the trees and the leaf turn. Fall is soon fully falling.
A finger points to the moon. Having seen reality as it is,there is neither moon nor finger. We can say “God,” we can say “dhamma,” we can say Source, Creator, Creation—but if we are trapped in the symbol, the word, the sound, we will never enter into relationship with what the symbol points to.
Jimmy Kimmel returned to ABC last night … but not in Tulsa. KTUL TV (Channel 8, ota) is owned by Sinclair. I tried Channel 8 website and telephone … neither were successful pathways for me to register my opinions. At least KOTV (channel 6 ota) has given some coverage to the Kimmel affair.
Trump is in full distraction mode. Remember the Epstein files? – Joyce Vance, Civil Discourse.
Trump's “stark, raving mad” speech at the U.N. yesterday. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.
F. Scott Fitzgerald was born on this day in 1896 St. Paul, Minnesota.
Since Constantine, Christianity has repeatedly claimed a legitimate right to do violence to its members [and others] to protect its interests and conserve its supremacy. It has sought far-reaching and sometimes almost limitless control over the behavior and minds of its subjects. At times, it has behaved like a totalitarian power, suppressing dissent and claiming divine and absolute authority, capable of absolute corruption. – Brian McLaren, Meditations, The Center for Action and Contemplation.
When you are possessed by a thought and that thought turns into a poem and you’re not sure at all what its about:
It’s 4 a.m. and Nasruddin leaves the tavern
and walks the town aimlessly.
A policeman stops him.
‘Why are you out wandering the streets
in the middle of the night?’
“Sir,” replies Nasruddin,
“if I knew the answer to that question,
I would have been home hours ago.” ” – Rumi