Leave it to the trickster Moon . . .
It is definitely the Moon's day... it will block out near 95% of the sun this afternoon in the TulseyTown area around 1:45 p.m. for about 5 minutes.
Wake up. Do it all again. Hope for better, even if it's only 30 seconds.
Writing in my journal this morning, I wrote the word “failure” and misspelled it. Marking it out, my pen ran out of ink.
Novelist Barbara Kingsolver turns 69 today. She was born in 1955 Annapolis, Maryland
What Will We See When The Lights Go Out
… when everything purples,
when the birds change key, when millions
of us look, not to the sky but left and right, and see
each other, gone out of our way to stand,
together, where the light disappears.
– Ryan McCarty, Poets Respond, Rattle, April 7, 2024
Turning tables with the moon . . .
Today is Sol's day and here in Okieland, we, not it, are preparing for an eclipse tomorrow . . .
TulseyTowners will be viewing about 95% of the total eclipse as the moon passes between us and the sun around 1:45 pm tomorrow afternoon
Moonlight and the Magic of the Unnecessary – Maria Popova
Today is the birthdate of Billie Holiday, born in 1915 Baltimore, Maryland. “Lady Day” was, and remains one of the most influential singers in the history of jazz and popular culture music traditions.
Today is also the birth date of William Wordsworth. The romantic poet was born in 1770 Cockermouth, England.
from The world is too much with us
The world is too much with us; late and soon,
Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;—
Little we see in Nature that is ours;
We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!
from Tables Turned
Up! up! my Friend, and quit your books . . .
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings;
Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:—
We murder to dissect.
Enough of Science and of Art;
Close up those barren leaves;
Come forth, and bring with you a heart
That watches and receives.
– William Wordsworth
The gambler thinks of the eclipse . . .
It's a Satyr's day … Summertime previews continue here in Okieland with strong 40+ mph Southerlies, possible thunderstorms and a near 80º afternoon.
The sound of the rain needs no translation. – Alan Watts https://alanwatts.org/life-of-alan-watts/
What was your “original face?” The one before it became tethered to conditions or yoked to this or that.
Today, I noticed I was noticing . . .
Sabine Hossenfelder's dream died, not all that differently from my own: Academics aren't so much about learning but making money. So, she went on YouTube … I'm still thinking about it ...
Montecarlo University
Rules for self-actualization written as prescriptions
In organizational survival manuals
are like those for Russian roulette:
One of six of us is likely to be dispatched
with each turn of the academic cylinder.
– jab
When it’s nine o’clock on a Satyr’s day . . .