Luna Moths . . . No Kings
Thursday, October 16, 2025. It's Thor's day . . . and forecasts for TulseyTown indicate increasing clouds this afternoon, brought by moderate Southerlies and mid 80's. A warm weekend ahead with a brief cooling on Sunday.
With the No Kings protests happening tomorrow at thousands of locations nationwide, this will be the third significant day of protest during the second Trump administration. The first were the Hands Off! protests of April 5 which drew an estimated three to five million attendees, and the second were the June 14 No Kings protests, which drew an estimated four to six million marchers. Both were historic in terms of their size, and both were important as physical manifestations of the continued vibrancy of democratic action in the United States of America. If you are willing, able and available, find a protest near you and attend—behave, keep your eyes open, and be careful. Two locations are scheduled in Tulsa. One at 7st and Memorial I the center of the metro area that began at 8a.m. and should end around Noon. The other is to be at Boulder Park.
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As if Trump's manic antics weren't enough to protest, there's a long list of specifics flowing from his administration. Among them that our voting rights are under an attack that is about to be sustained by the Supreme Court. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.
Same age, years younger. – Robert Reich on his and Trump's aging, online 10.16.25
Injury is the invitation to live from the inside out . . .Until we were injured we were under the delusion that we were secure from humiliation, and that, in the spirit of that word, we didn’t need a well-developed sense of humour; until we were injured we didn’t really accept that we were just as amusingly and not so amusingly vulnerable as everyone else. – David Whyte, Injury, Consolations II, Many Rivers Press, 2025.
The Luna Moth Has No Mouth
…
Maybe we have it all wrong and the moths
are trying to save us susceptible humans from
this prison of codependence: ego enabling ego.
Luna moths, our diminutive heroes on a fool's
errand, without mouths, live only a week or so,
yet spend that precious time
delivering that same unheeded message
dont waste your life on those who
will never love the way you do.
– Rigoberto González , from “The Luna Moth Has No Mouth,” published in Poetry, October, 2025.