Discovering exasperation . . .

Saturday, August 1, 2026. It's the Satyr's day . . . At 9 a.m.Moderate Northerlies are bringing a brief respite from the heat to Green Country. Forecasts for TulseyTowh call for Sunny skies and upper 80's with heat indices in the low 90's for the afternoon.

The most important of all voyages of discovery is the crossing of the abyss that separates us from ourselves. – Fr. Thomas Merton.

The first professional woman astronomer in the United States, Maria Mitchell, was born on this day in 1818 New York City.

On this day in 1980, Icelandic teacher and politician Vigdís Finnbogadóttir became president of Iceland; she was the first woman in the world to be elected head of state in a national election.

Today is the birthdate of Herman Melville. The author of “Moby Dick” was born in 1819 New York City.

It's also the birthdate of poet/musician James Dennis “Jim” Carroll. He was born in 1949 Manhattan, New York.

George R.R. Martin published A Game of Thrones today in 1996. It was published simultaneously in the U.K. and the U.S.

Trump is “exasperated” that the Iran war is dragging on and that his advisors can’t agree what to do next. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.

And, I know you wanted to know: MTV debuted just after midnight on August 1, 1981. “Money for nuthin, that’s how ya do it…”’