Better late than later ...

Sunday, August 10, 2025. It's Sol's day . . . Sol's heat-hammer is relentless:100º+ indices continue with windy Southerlies. Somewhat cooler conditions are in the forecasts ahead. The August Sturgeon Moon is full over TulseyTown.

A thought: Is just a thought.

God may be reached and held close by means of love, but by means of thought never. – from “The Cloud of Unknowing,” cited by Richard Rohr in Meditations, The Center for Action and Contemplation, 3.25.25

Many Christians never consciously chose the Republican Party. They were handed a package deal to follow Jesus and vote Republican, and that's that. Until someone like Trump came along, that's when the dissonance became impossible to ignore. – Pastor Doug Pagitt in Rolling Stone 7/13/25.

The United States of America is based not on religion but on the law. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.

What's missing in most Christian churches? A wise rabbi. – Cynthia Bourgeault, in Meditations, The Center for Action and Contemplation, 8.4.25

As once the winged energy of delight
carried you over childhood's dark abysses,
now beyond your own life build the great
arch of unimagined bridges.
[…]

Take your practiced powers and stretch them out
until they span the chasm between two
contradictions…For god
wants to know himself in you.

– Rainer Maria Rilke, “As Once the Winged Energy of Delight,” transl Robert Bly.