Amongst the flotsam and jetsam . . .
Friday, March 21, 2025. It's Freya's (Frigg's) day . . . Another blustery day is at hand for TulseyTown and Okieland. Forecasts indicate strong Southerlies, occasionally gusting over 40 mph, bringing mid 70's with a mix of clouds and sun.
Heads up, travelers: London's Heathrow airport is closed. An explosion at a nearby power station has shut down all power for the time being at Europe's largest air terminal.
Gary Oldman turns 67 today. The English film actor and Academy Award laureate was born in 1958, London, England.
One of the greatest composers of all time, Johann Sebastian Bach, was born on this date in 1685, Eisenach, Thuringia, Ernestine Saxon Duchies [Germany].
Der Trumpenfurher is becoming a bigger problem for the Supreme Court and they may not be able to control it. He's actually issued a vailed threat to Justice Roberts and the court at large.
It is the good deed that counts, not the “yes” with good intentions ... We learn by doing … Often, it is practices that shape us, that change our beliefs and help us internalize them in ways that are transformative.
That said, here's my doing practice for today: Let's be clear: TransPeople are people. Black people are people. Women are people. Even politicians who've decided some of us aren't people, are people. Any violence or discrimination against any one person among all us people is violence and illegal discrimination against all of us. If Trump can get away with arresting and deporting just one of us because he doesn't like what he/she said, he can do it again and again to any one of us for whatever reason his deranged mind can make up. In short: support your ACLU and People for the American Way. On a tight budget (like mine), send $1. Even if you are a life-long, hide-bound republican. Some day you may need them.
And email and call your Senate and House representatives at every opportunity. Otherwise, the next step is banging pots and pans in the streets of your town.
Among Other Things
. . . this is the part I’m reluctant to tell, is how, in my life, which has been going on
for a while, when one of these moments where something I’ve wanted
but thought wouldn’t happen occurs, like these wide-leggèd jeans,
– Arthur Russell, “Among Other Things,” Rattle #86, Winter, 2024. Rattle Poetry Prize Winner.