The soprano, dreaming . . .

It's the Moon's day . . . and it's brand new everywhere, not just inTulseyTown where we're getting a preview of Winter's bone-chill this morning.

You, reading this, be ready . . .

Today is the birth date of Maria Callas. The American-born Greek operatic soprano was born on this day in 1923, New York City.

The week ahead from Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse.

The handwriting is not only missing from the chalk board, but the board itself is missing. Many of the comparatively few universities that serve rural students are eliminating large numbers of programs and majors, blaming plummeting enrollment and resulting financial crises. Nationwide...An increasing number of rural private, nonprofit colleges are not only cutting majors, but closing altogether.

Invisible is what lies beyond us, below us, inside us and even above us: beyond our sight, above or below the limits of our hearing or our imagination, inside that outer wrapping of our personality we call a self. – David Whyte

We live and die in real bodies. Sophie Strand's critique of the film “We Live in Time.”

A Dream Within a Dream

. . . You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a dream;
Yet if hope has flown away
In a night, or in a day,
In a vision, or in none,
Is it therefore the less gone?
All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.

– Edgar Allen Poe, “A Dream Within a Dream.” this poem is in the public domain.

Nothing but the truth . . .

It's Sol's day . . . easy Northerlies make for a cold an eventually sunny day and, as if on cue Winter says “Howdy” to TulseyTown this week with frozen mornings and mid 50 afternoons.

In the cold dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed. – after Kahlil Gibran

Today in 1589 the first part of Edmund Spenser's epic poem "The Faerie Queene" was registered for publication in London. Epic might be an understatement.

And, Comedian Richard Pryor was born on this day in 1940, Peoria, Illinois.

A lie is profanity. A lie is the worst thing in the world. Art is the ability to tell the truth. – Richard Pryor

Buyer’s remorse is rampant since Trump and the GOP barely won the election...Weren’t they paying attention before the election? –

Possibilities

Am I a radical?

Or, just someone trying to convey truth.

Or, have we arrived at the place

where both must be true?

– jab

Twins are not twains . . . generally

It's the Satyr's day … lot's of flotsam and jetsam “leftovers” in the mailbox here on Watercourse Way . . .

“There’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.” — Scott Adams

Today is the birth date of Sir Winston Churchill. The WWII Prime Minister of Britan was born in 1874, at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England. And it’s the 189th anniversary of Mark Twain's birth. Born Samuel Clemens in 1835 Florida, Missouri.

Three major motion picture directors share birthdays today: Woody Allen in 1935 Bronx, New York City; Ridley Scott born in 1937, South Shields, Durham [now Tyne and Wear], England; and Gael García Bernal born in 1978 Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.

Updating with Joyce Vance's Civil Discourse.

Trump may want to watch out for what he wishes for.

Right now, it might feel like Donald Trump broke the rule of law. But, stop and consider for a moment: this is how Trump wants you to feel. He and his minions want you to give up, stay at home, and slowly subside into miserably drinking wine. That is not who we are.

We are the guardrails.

Good decisions come from experience. Experience comes from making bad decisions. – Mark Twain