A peaceful May Day . . .

Friday, May 1, 2026. It's Freya's day . . . and It's May Day. Fittingly, the moon is a Flower Moon. It is the first of two full moons this month. The second, a Blue Moon, shows up at the end of the month on the 31st. A lovely May Day is at hand for Green Country and TulseyTown. Moderate Northerlies, a mix of sun and clouds and upper 60's are in the forecasts for the afternoon.

May Day is one of the most historically significant and culturally diverse observances on the global calendar.

Trump's approval ratings have it a new record low. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.

Joyce Vance posted details of the Supreme Court evisceration of our voting rights, and why it matters, in Civil Discourse.

For May Day, the kind of economic system we need. – Robert Reich, at substack, 5.1.26

Today, film director and screenwriter Wes Anderson is 57. Creator of some of the quirkiest, funniest and moving films, he was born in 1969 Houston, Texas.

Citizen Kane, considered by many critics to be the greatest film ever made, premiered on this day in 1941 New York City. It was written produced and directed by Orson Welles who also played the title role.

Sweet Darkness

When your eyes are tired, / the world is tired also. \ When your vision has gone, / no part of the world can find you.

– David Whyte, “Sweet Darkness,” from The House of Belonging, Many Rivers Press, Revised edition, 2026.

If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work. – Thich Nhat Hanh