A boat with no rudder . . .

Friday, August 8, 2025. It's Frigg's (Freya's) day . . .and forecasts for TulseyTown call for yet another 100º day, with moderate to strong Southerlies.

It's not a race to the bottom. It’s the opposite. It’s a means of avoiding the bottom. – Robert Reich, online, 8.8.25

Taking a break is not the same thing as quitting. In our “all or nothing” world, the combination of the two, means, simply, we don't have to be pushing all the time. – Victoria Balme, Risk Forward, Hay House. 2021

No chickens. – Joyce Vance, Civil Discouse, yesterday.

Dustin Hoffman is 88 today. The multi-laureate award actor was born in 1937, Los Angeles, California.

Nixon resigned the presidency, 51 years ago today (1974).

Resentment, bitterness, and holding a grudge prevent us from seeing and hearing and tasting and delighting. – Pema Chödrön

Meditation Mine-Field

“The mob within the heart” – Emily Dickenson

love, care, anxiety, resentment, tenderness, attachment,

hurt, upset, frustration, bored, restless, lonely,

apprehensive, belligerent, revengent,

potshots at our own feet the ego takes

in singularly advantageous moments

all the way to all at the same time:

leaving us with no toes

trying to navigate a boat with no rudder

with our feet.

Hands-like-clouds, feet like clouds,

thoughts like clouds.

calm, peaceful, joyous, compassionate.

Who knew?

Good to know.

– jab