“Bloomsday” and Haiku . . .
Monday, June 16, 2025. It's the Moon's day . . . and the weatherfeather indicates any breeze today is likely variable and near calm. High humidity and near 90º will make for one of those muggy Summer days for TulseyTown.
This moment is all there is. Trust it. If even only for a moment.
Today is "Bloomsday," the annual celebration of that 1904 day featured in James Joyce's novel Ulysses.
Joyce Carol Oates turns 87 today. The prolific poet was born in 1938 Lockport, New York.
John Robbins died this past week. His book Diet for a New America launched a food revolution.
No Kings Day was huge. Over five million people (and still counting) across 2169 events in countries all around the globe.
Over 200,000 people turned out in NYC. Over 100,000 in Philadelphia. 400 people showed up in a town with a population of only 800 in Michigan. This is what real democracy looks like. The people drive the policy, not the other way around. And when the wealthy try to buy their way into unchecked power, we stand up and loudly remind them who runs this country.
How we keep our democracy. – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse.
Father Richard Rohr recently described a personal experience of simultaneous deep sadness and profound joy. – in Meditations, The Center for Action and Contemplation,
Japanese Haiku poet Kobayashi Issa was born on yesterday's date in 1763 Kashiwabara, Japan.
Two Haiku Transit
Peace, love, corn, and salt.
Mantra for the day's journey.
Sharing happiness.
Body follows mind.
Thankful world echoes, quiet.
Beautiful moonrise.
– jab
Mind changes . . .
Sunday, June 15, 2025 . It's Sol's day . . . and the Summer weather pattern is full-on for TulseyTown, headed for the Solstice this coming Friday. The weatherfeather indicates near calm breezes, cloud cover and mid 80's this afternoon.
Today is Father's Day in the U.S.
“Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love." – Martin Luther King, Jr.
The world has always been held together by a very few people at any given time. Love has never been a popular movement, only a powerful one. We can all become better than we are, but the price can be higher than we can imagine. – James Baldwin.
Never hesitate to talk back to God when she pisses you off. – Mirabai Starr
Where do the wars, the capitalist corporate aggression, and greed beyond words all come from? They all come from the uncontrolled mind that dominates our speech, our thinking, and our actions. If we multiply that by seven billion we can see where the problem lies. We cannot just blame the politicians; we have to look closer... [When we do we find] ignorance. Especially the ignorance of believing our own ideas are the truth:[We tell ourselves constantly] What I think must be right, because that is what I think. – Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo (whose birthday is at the end of this month), from The Heroic Heart, Shambhala, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenzin_Palmo
Gratefulness is not a feeling; it’s a practice. Changing your mind can take a while.
Healing
… the wounds to the soul take a long, long time
and patience, and a certain difficult repentance
… from the endless repetition of the mistake
which mankind at large has chosen to sanctify.
— D.H Lawrence, “Healing,” Last Poems, Viking Press.1933 (this book is out of print).
Another American nightmare . . .
Saturday, June 14, 2025. It's the Satyr's day in umbrella/rain hat season. A thunderstorm visited TulseyTown briefly this morning. Easy Southeasterlies and cloud cover are forecasted for the rest of the day in the mid 80's with slight rain chances remaining through the nighttime hours.
Diablo Cody turns 47 today. Born in1978 Lemont, Illinois, she is a multiple laureate writer, producer, director for film, stage and literature.
Che Guevara was born on this day in 1928 Rosario, Argentina.
Speaking of revolutions...
Two hundred and fifty years ago, on June 14, 1775 Congress established the Continental Army.
Old Glory is 248 years old. Ttoday is Flag Day in the U.S.
And it's “No Kings” day with demonstrations across the country in over 2,000 cities.
Heather Cox Richardson recently posted an excellent conversation with Secretary Pete Buttigieg on the future of America. Worth your time.
Stump a toe while a black cat crossed your path yesterday? So, what's the story behind Friday the 13th?
Last Blow in the Death of an American Nightmare
It happened in the market square in Springfield, Missouri, in 1865. The parties involved were James Butler “Wild Bill” Hickok — a professional gambler and former Union scout — and Davis Tutt, a cowboy and former Confederate soldier. The two men had a falling out over a woman and a gambling debt, and finally agreed to settle their differences in a duel. They faced off at a distance of about 75 paces and fired simultaneously. Tutt’s shot went wild, but Hickok’s hit Tutt through the heart.
In the heartland of Missouri
where even in July Springs sprang forth
in once flowering Fields birthing a name
no longer befitting the place,
The last of the dying Confederacy
gave up on the schizophrenic split
between passions, attempted to unify them
in the street.
Poor ol’Davis Tutt shot through the heart
once used for an unmeasurable
and another quite measurable love,
at least according to Wild Bill,
who apparently decided to measure both
with a bullet.
– jab