In the midst: a feel-good moment . . .

Sunday, July 19, 2026. It's Sol's day . . . a hot Summer Sunday is in the forecasts for Green Country. Moderate Southerlies, bright sun, mid 90's with an afternoon index of 105º in TulseyTown.

Today is the 178th anniversary of the first women’s rights conference in history, organized in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848.

Benedict Cumberbatch is 50 years old today. The multi-laureate awarded British actor was born in 1976 London, England.

It's also the birthday of Edgar Degas. The French painter, sculptor, and printmaker was a prominent Impressionist, born in 1834, Paris, France.

The heated debate in Europe over air-conditioning, and other climate adaptations for us all. – Nathan Gardels, Noema, 7.17.26

Godlike Technology Is Breaking Your Brain: How to manage the information-overload-on-steroids-world. – Steven Kotler – co-founder of the Flow Research Collective – in conversation with Jeff Krasno at Commune.

Integrity. – Robert Reich, Sunday Thought, 7.19.26

In the midst of it all, Joyce had a feel good moment. – Civil Discourse 7.18.26

The Sun

...

everything

that made me

has been

a sun to my growing

…

– David Whyte, from “The Sun” posted on substack today, 7.19.26