Golden rule days . . .
Thursday, April 23, 2026. It's Thor's day . . . Strong, gusty Southerlies are in the forecasts for Green Country and Tulseytown. A cloudy day in the upper 70's with slight rain chances increasing to likely thunderstorms tonight.
Today in 1635, Boston Latin School, the first public school in the United States, was founded. It is still in existence.
Playwright and poet William Shakespeare was born on this day in 1594 Stratford-upon-Avon, England.
Yesterday was the birth date of the poet Louise Glück. Born in 1943 New York City, she was a U.S. Poet Laureate, Pulitzer and Nobel Prize laureate among many other accolades. Her poetry often confronted many difficult human conditions within award winning lyricism. Her autobiography was published by the Nobel Prize committee.
In 1984 researchers reported they found the virus that causes AIDS; the infectious agent was later named HIV. Over the decades, relentless research has turned despair into hope, transforming HIV/AIDS from a fatal illness into a manageable chronic condition.
What's he sorry for? – Robert Reich, The Bigot Says He's Sorry, substack 4.23.26
Physicist Max Planck was born today in 1858 Kiel, Germany. He originated quantum theory.
The Academy Award and Cannes Palme d'Or filmmaker, documentarian, author, and political activist Michael Moore is 71 today, born in 1954, Flint, Michigan.
And its the birthdate of Roy Orbison The singer-songwriter-balladeer of loneliness and heartache with among the most operatic voices in all of rock music was born in 1936, Vernon, Texas.
Only the lonely have explored the depths of crying.
Ten Years Later
. . . one small thing
I’ve learned these years,
how to be alone,
and at the edge of aloneness
how to be found by the world.
– David Whyte, “Ten Years Later,” from The House of Belonging. Many Rivers Press. Revised edition, 2026.
The search for different pathways in the world is but the search for different forms of truth. And this would keep the truth from being reached. To search in this way is to assume you have an unmet need. Follow The Way. It is beneath your step in each and this instant.