Working for the work . . .

It's Sol's day … a beautiful fog covers TulseyTown at dawn. We've been under cloud cover for so many days recently, some of us have forgotten what the Sunshine looks like. That may change this afternoon. Change in the weather is always afoot in Okieland. The week ahead is forecasted to be quite a return to Winter.

The Sunday Sermon

Apropos the sun—whether or not it is recognized, appreciated, or even seen—is accessible to whomever might benefit from it. In the same way, determine to be constantly gentle and giving to others, without a strategy, without a plan, and without ambition. – Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche. More about Khandro Rinpoche on her website.

Science can purify religion from error and superstition; religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes. Each can draw the other into a wider world, a world in which both can flourish. – Richard Rohr at the Center for Action and Contemplation.

Do not depend on the hope of results. Concentrate instead on the value of the work itself—on the people the work is meant to be for. – Thomas Merton

Speaking of the value of work:

Today is the birth date of Pablo Casals. The cellist and conductor was born in 1876 in Vendrell, Spain

In 1916 James Joyce's novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man was published.

And, Mary Tyler Moore was born on this day in 1936, Brooklyn, New York

...may we be grounded in love and find the hope, peace, and strength needed to carry us through each day. May we have the courage to choose compassion over conflict, and the strength to walk the path of love, mercy, and understanding in all that we do. – Maria Shriver

War of the Wor[l]ds . . .

It's the Satyr's day . . . a cool/cold start to the day in TulseyTown with Northerlies and clouds and a Winter warming trend under way.

The biggest lie that we’ve ever been sold is that we artists have to stay in pain to create. – Katy Perry

Today in 1895 Auguste and Louis Lumière opened the first movie theater at the Grand Café in Paris

Speaking of movies, it's the birthday of Maggie Smith. The multiple award laureate actress was born in 1934 Ilford, Essex, England. Sadly she died this past September.

Still with us and celebrating his 70th birthday today is another multiple award laureate, Denzel Washington. The movie actor, producer and director was born in 1954 Mount Vernon, New York.

And musician John Legend turns 46 today. The singer, songwriter, pianist was born, a child prodigy, in 1978, Springfield,

Very predictable reporting about voters suffering from buyers’ remorse is emerging even before Trump takes office. – Joyce Vance, Civil Discourse.

Civil war has broken out within the MAGA Republicans. – Heather Cox Richardson, posted yesterday in Letters From An American

Joyce is also watching the MAGA bruhaha.

On the Unutility of Words

Try a Google search on the words

“the unutility of words.”

You'll find the chaos between the letters

attempting to use words to define

themselves.

— jab

Out there is always in here . . .

It's Freya's (Frigg's) day . . . and another foggy day in TulseyTown with rain in the forecasts for tonight.

[D]rifting in cirlces in an eddy / joining the current again / as if the eddy were a few moments' sleep.

– Jim Harrison, The Theory & Practice of River and New Poems, Clark City Press, 1989.

Today in 1932, Radio City Music Hall opened as part of Rockefeller Center. The complex also houses RCA, NBC television and radio, and numerous major financial entities.

Marlene Dietrich was born on this date in 1901, Schöneberg [now in Berlin], Germany.

Today is the birth date of Louis Pasteur. Credited with proving that disease is caused by germs, he was born in 1822 Dole, France.

It was on this day in 1831 that Charles Darwin set sail from England on the HMS Beagle bound for South America and the Galapagos Islands.

And, just in case you were wondering: Heather Cox Richardson unpacks what Trump has been up to over the holiday, on her blog Letters From An American.

Creation is not something just “out there.” Creation is here, now –

now-ness, here-ness, concrete-ness, this-ness, is-ness, change-ness, still-ness —

what Ram Dass taught us,

Buddha and Quantum-field confirming.