Crop failure . . .

Wednesday, May 28, 2025. It's Odin's day . . . some sunshine returns to TulseyTown today. Forecasts indicate a mix of clouds and sun with easy Northerlies and mid 70's. 50/50 rain is indicated tonight and tomorrow morning.

Throughout human history, wise women and men, in their own ways, have understood the old Sufi parable of the person who looks for the key under the lamppost because that’s where the light is, but it’s not where the key was dropped, which is in the darkness. – Connie Zweig and Steve Wolf, “Searching in the Shadows,” in Meditations, The Center for Action and Meditation,

The Shadow Self I

During the first half of our lives (and for many, into the chronological second half of life), we ... tend to develop those things which are acceptable and repress those things which are not. Its the “not” that becomes the shadow. – Fr. Richard Rohr, Meditations, The Center for Action and Meditation.

All the “insanity” of Trump flows from his malignant narcissism and all of it – the contradictions, flip/flopping, personal attacks – all of it is calculated. The angst you are feeling is precisely what he wants everybody to experience and remain in.The instability in the markets is purposeful. While he upsets the more liberal, he appeals to his base with targeted attacks. Angst-filled people are easier to distract and manipulate. There are ways to deal with this. – Dr. Jocelyn Sze, writing for The Huffpost.

Heather Cox Richardson's recent post in Letters From An American provided a perfect portrait of Trump's disease.

And last night, Richardson posted an update to Trump's legalities, noting that Trump and the administration suffered a 96% loss rate in federal courts in the month of May.

Two words to self-correct and get you back into The Way. From Jonathan Van Ness (Queer Eye) with Marie Forleo, in a free-wheeling exchange celebrating creativity.

There are no wrong turns, only unexpected paths. – Mark Nepo

Sand in your birthday cake?

Tuesday, May 27, 2025. It's Tiw's day . . . An overcast day in TulseyTown. The weatherfeather – unreliable as it has been this past month – indicates there is a slight chance of a rain shower. Winds light and variable. Low 70's

National Public Radio and three local stations – Colorado Public Radio, Aspen Public Radio and KUTE in Ignasio, Colorado – filed a lawsuit this morning against President Donald Trump, arguing that an executive order aimed at cutting federal funding for the organization is illegal, violating the First Amendment.

On this day in 1937 the “impossible to build” Golden Gate Bridge opened to the public.

Birthdays

It's the birth date of Julia Ward Howe, The poet, essayist, leader of the women's movement and author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” was born in 819 New York City.

Rachel Carson was born in 1907 Springdale, Pennsylvania.

Poet Linda Pastan was born in 1932 New York City.

Detective novelist Tony Hillerman was born in 1925 Sacred Heart, Oklahoma.

And, Bruce Cockburn turns 79 today. The Canadian singer-songwriter-guitarist (and among my faves) was born in1945 Ottawa, Ontario.

(Wonderin' ) Where the Lions Are

– after Bruce Cockburn

Sand in your shoes?

Leaky patio door,

one troll call too many

from some body-less

entity trying to make a buck

out of nothing?

Neighbor noise?

Nagging memories

insisting on taking up

all the now space

like radio static

bouncing off a crashing

satellite headed for your

back porch? Pen out of ink

and can't find your journal anyway?

Love,

love is all we have –

love is all there is.

– jab

Bright ideas . . .

Monday, May 26, 2025. It's the Moon's day . . . and it is “new.” Overnight and morning rains are moving, temporarily, out of TulseyTown as I write this morning. Moderate Northerlies are in the forecasts through the week with some sunshine returning tomorrow, tho slight rain chances remain tonight and tomorrow morning.

Today is Memorial Day in the U.S. And, Heather Cox Richardson's Letters From An American (posted as usual last night) held a poignant Memorial Day memory.

And, speaking of memories . . .

It's Dorothea Lange's birthdate. The documentary photographer whose portraits of displaced farmers during the Great Depression greatly influenced later documentary and journalistic photography was born in 1895, Hoboken, New Jersey.

The first American woman to travel into outer space, astronaut Sally Ride, was born on this date in 1951 Los Angeles.

And, Miles Davis was born today in 1926 Alton, Illinois. He was among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music.

AI's bad rap for potential negtives is being overtaken by real world positive applications. Medicine is a good example. Heart disease is still the world’s #1 killer … but AI has entered the chat, and it’s scanning your chest X-rays like Sherlock Holmes in a lab coat. AI is getting scarily good at spotting early warning signs doctors might miss. A study in Nature Medicine showed AI could detect hidden heart failure risks just from simple chest X-rays, without needing tests.

AI imaging analysis has already made significant early detection and treatment possibilities in a wide range of disease diagnoses, including but not limted to heart disease, diabetes, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, cancer, infectious diseases,

Don’t be shy about asking your doctor for AI-assisted screening or monitoring.

My uncle, Eugene Wilson Young, was a WWII vet who became a geologist after the war. One fine day, so he told me, while tasting and predicting – more often than not – he came up with a bright idea.

My Uncle's Bright Idea

Eugene Wilson had an idea:

Take home as many oil well core samples

as would fit into his new Volkswagen Golf,

put them on a lathe at his workshop

and using carbon fiber sandpaper

polish them into lamp bases

some of which now adorn my abode's rooms

bringing the light he searched for years

to share.

—jab