Returning to our senses . . .
Thursday, May 8, 2025. It's Thor's day . . . Easy Northerlies are to bring a mix of sun, clouds, mid 70's and 50-50% of on/off/on rain chances to TulseyTown today.
Without memory, history's greatest crimes never happened. – Paul Ricœur, Memory, History, Forgetting, University of Chicago Press, 2004. Translated by Kathleen Blamey and David Pellauer.
David Attenborough turns 99 today. The English broadcaster, writer, and naturalist was born in 1926, London, England.
Today is VE Day, marking the end of World War II in Europe with the surrender of Germany.
Delight is a necessity, our sanity depends on it. – Garrison Keillor, The Column 5.7.25.
Describing Trees
A tree, like the rose we were told,
is a tree. But,
when it becomes a delight,
it’s not a “tree.”
It has become “light,”
which, for all intent and purpose
for a poet is rather beyond measure,
but may return us to our senses.
– jab
The measure of “grand”. . .
Wednesday, May 7, 2025. It's Odin's day . . . and the weatherfeather indicates a 50-50 chance for more rain today, brought by moderate Southerlies with low 70's. The cloud cover likely will remain with us into tomorrow afternoon. The sun might play peek-a-boo with TulseyTown for an hour this afternoon.
In the mailbox
Time without measure. – Nathan Gardels, “A Quantum Theory of History,” Noema, 3 May 2025.
Today is the 106th anniversary of Eva Perón’s birth. “Evita” was born in 1919, Los Toldos, Argentina.
The secretive, centuries-old ritual to elect a successor to Pope Francis is about to get underway, opening the most geographically diverse conclave in the faith’s 2,000 year history.
And, the most popular Russian composer of all time, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born 185 years ago today in 1840, Votkinsk, Russia.
Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker, Grand Pas de Deux
- National Opera of Ukraine
Never fairweather friends . . .
Tuesday, May 6, 2025. It's Tiw's day . . . The weatherfeather indicates a rainy day is at hand, starting around the Noon hour here in TulseyTown. Moderate Easterlies are to maintain upper 60's under the cloud cover.
Is the fever about to break? The Week Ahead – Joyce Vance, Civil Discourse.
Today is the birth date of Sigmund Freud, 169 years ago. The Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalys was born in 1856 Freiberg, in what is now The Czech Republic.
It was on this day in 1937 that the German dirigible Hindenburg, the largest rigid airship ever constructed caught fire and was destroyed in Lakehurst, New Jersey.
George Clooney turns 64 today. The multiple award laureate actor, screenplay writer, director, and philanthropist was born in 1961, Lexington, Kentucky.
Among the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time, Orson Welles, was born on this date. The director, actor, writer, producer, and magician was born in 1915 Kenosha, Wisconsin.
The first Apple iMac premiered 27 years ago today in 1998.
The last episode of Friends, aired today in 2004, and serves as the series finale.
Light
A gentle light shines in the darkest corners of every life.
Eyes adjust to the fact of the absence of fear here.
Friends and even some family recognize and celebrate
the marvelous depths nature contains
regardless of what they might call it.
jb