the whole catastrophe
It's a Moon-day and the weather rollercoaster is following Northerlies and a cooling here in TulseyTown . . .and my Prius has decided it needs TLC.
Best advice I've read – without mentioning The Way in so many words – but spot on wherever you might be at this moment.
Sometimes people get the mistaken notion that spirituality is a separate department of life, the penthouse of existence. But rightly understood, it is a vital awareness that pervades all realms of our being. – Br. David Steindl-Rast.
Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?
Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?
– Mary Oliver, “The Summer Day,” The House of Light, Beacon Press; Later Printing edition (April 8, 1992)
Flowering Memories
In the mailbox this day named for the Sun . . .
Today is the 184th anniversary of Alfred Hitchcock's birth, in 1899 London.
Dan Fogelberg was born on this day in 1951 Peoria, Illinois. For his bio, go here. For a trip down memory lane check out his official site.
And, it's the birth date of sharpshooter Annie Oakley, born Phoebe Ann Mosey in a log cabin just north of what is now Willowdell, in 1860 Darke County, Ohio.
Yes, I'm still pushing “Barbie” as the summer's true “must see.” Richard Brody “esplains” why:
The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers. – Thich Nhat Hanh
Star-gawking
The Satyr is having a good time with the mailbox . . .
Some of us are waiting to see if MegaMagaMouth will manage to keep it shut per court order.
When we go for the capitalists, they will sell us the rope – credible source unknown (which suggests, I'm not sure what).
“. . . no form of capitalism can ever cohere with the liberal ideal of a society of equals.” – view by John Rawls, posted in Aeon by Colin Bradley
Speaking of capitalists: Today is the birth date of Cecil B. DeMille in1881 Ashfield, Massachusetts. He grew up in Washington, North Carolina and along with Louis Mayer built the motion picture industry.
Speaking of epic: The Perseids meteor shower peak begins tonight, which lasts until about Sept. 1 but reaches its peak over the weekend, from Saturday, Aug. 12, into Sunday, Aug. 13.