Cloud pointing . . .
Friday, January 23, 2026. It's Frigg's (Freya's) day . . . The forecasted major Winter Storm has begun. At this 8 a.m. hour of this composition, the wind chill from gusty – 20 -30 mph – Northerlies is 13º. Snow is indicated in the forecasts to begin in TulseyTown later tonight. Wind chill tomorrow morning is predicted at -5 below. 6-10 inches of heavy snow are likely before the storm moves out of the area mid-day Monday. This major storm is forecasted to impact some 230 million of us before it eases up. That will include my besties in Texas, Kansas, Ohio, Massachusettes, Rhode Island and Connecticut.
“A finger points at the moon.” It's easy to confuse the teachings or texts that guide us toward awakening with awakening itself. Don’t confuse the finger for the moon. There is no substitute for direct experience. You want peace: Be peace.
For quite some time now, Trump has been embarrassing and growing extremely dangerous. No mores than during his speech at Davos. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.
We’re in a far more dangerous and violent stage of Trump’s regime. What should we do to stop it? – Robert Reich, The fascist loose in America,
The Fourth Amendment doesn’t change just because ICE says so. – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse.
Musk's Starlink system has NASA AND ESP up at night envisioning nightmare scenarios There are currently about 40,000 objects in space tracked by space surveillance networks like NASA and the European Space Agency, and many more aren’t tracked. The number of objects in space capable of causing “catastrophic damage” is estimated to be over 1.2 million.
Today is the birthdate of Django Reinhardt. The gypsy guitar master was born in 1910, Liberchies, Belgium.
Also born on this date was the French painter Édouard Manet. He was born in 1832, Paris, France.
Tombs and Wombs
The hills gather like a body
that has tried and failed
. . .
even the clouds pass
without leaving anything behind. . .
– Alicia Cook, “Tombs and Wombs,” in Rattle's Ekphrastic Challenge.