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Sunday, June 7, 2026. It's Sol's day . . . Forecasts for Green Country indicate a 60% chance for thunderstorms until around noon when chances begin to fall into the usual Summertime 20% range. Moderate Southerlies are to maintain cloudy skies over TulseyTown with mid 80's in the afternoon hours.
Beauty is the harvest of presence. – David Whyte.
The Buddha and Jesus were teachers, not saviors. Neither of them laid claim to that status penned to them by socio/cultural agents with agendas seeking to define them. The opportunity and methods to learn and practice were offered, but it is then up to us whether we utilize that opportunity with a clear mind. Building temples, pouring money into stained glass and parking lots was never remotely in their minds. Happiness and freedom from suffering for all beings was.
Addicted to definitions: “I do not need to define myself, and yet I have this allergy of definition.” – Thomas Merton, cited by Cassidy Hall in “Resisting Definition”, Mediations, The Center for Action and Contemplation. 6.3.26
Political parties try to earn your vote; authoritarian movements find ways to win without it. That’s precisely what Trump will do. He will try it in 2026 and more than likely again in 2028. We must match it with a commitment of our own: a commitment to voter registration, to voter education, to ensuring that everyone can vote no matter how difficult they try to make it, and to ensuring that every vote is counted. This is the ultimate fight ... a metaphoric gun-fight and Democrats cannot afford to bring a knife to it. Our right to vote, the right that unlocks all other rights, is on the table. It will be up to us to remain committed, passionate, and vocal in its defense – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse. 6.3.26
Heather Cox Richardson posted the second week of videos from the 250 to 250 Project that honors the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. – Letters From An American.
The coming revival of America. – Robert Reich, 6.7.26.
Prince, formerly known as The Artist, was born on this day in 1958, Minneapolis, Minnesota. among the most talented musicians of his generation.
Liam Neeson is 74 today, born in 1952, Ballymena, Northern Ireland. With a film career spanning more than forty years, Neeson is regarded as one of Ireland's greatest film actors and is the recipient of multiple award laureates.
Novelist and poet Louise Erdrich was born 71 years ago today in 1954 Little Falls, Minnesota, Her works champion native Americans.
It's the birthdate of poet Gwendolyn Brooks, born in 1917 Topeka, Kansas, and raised on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. Her works depicted the everyday life of urban African Americans and was the first African American poet to win the Pulitzer Prize.
And, one of the most popular entertainer/singers of the 20th Century, Dean Martin was born in 1917 Steubenville, Ohio.