The pilgrim who traded tomorrow . . .
Sunday, June 22, 2025. It's Sol's day … as it has been for nearly a week. Strong Southerlies bring yet another hot day to TulseyTown. We're on the Western edge of a heat-dome covering about 2/3rds of the U.S. Forecasts indicate the heat wave easing up by the middle of the coming week. Yeah, but, it'll still be Summer in Okieland.
Trump has done what he swore he would not do: involve the United States in a war in the Middle East. Maybe find something else to ponder this Sunday. The world will still be with us tomorrow.
Left to our own devices, the natural state of the human brain is a wandering and critical mind. Meditation helps bring that chaos into a more peaceful state [where joy manifests naturally]. – Barbara Holmes in Meditations, The Center for Action and Contemplation,
Meryl Streep turns 76 today. Widely regarded as the best actress of five decades, if not in all film history, she was born in 1949, Summit, New Jersey. Nominated 21 times for the Academy Award lareate, she has won 4 Oscars and a boat-load of other international awards.
It's the birth date of Kris Kristofferson. The Oxford laureate actor and three time Grammy winner was born in 1936, Brownsville, Texas.
The pilgrim who traded tomorrow for today.
The sound of sunrise . . .
Saturday, June 21, 2025. It's the Satyr's day . . . The Summer Solstice is full on us today with longest day of the year. Moderate to strong Southerlies bring sunny skies to TulseyTown with extremely high U/V indices, although somewhat cooler. Real temperatures this afternoon in the low 90's. Heat indices are forecasted in the upper 90's.
Joy is the happiness that doesn’t depend on what happens. – Br. David Steindl-Rast
There are an overwhelming number of significant developments taking place simultaneously right now...In spans like this, the urge to tune out, to become desensitized, to accept apathy becomes increasingly compelling. This maneuver is part of the authoritarian playbook. – Joyce Vance, The Democracy Index.
Today is the birthdate of French philosopher, novelist, and playwright Jean-Paul Sartre. The champion of existentialism was born in 1905 Paris.
And William, prince of Wales turns 47 today. The heir apparent to the British throne was born in 1982, Paddington,London, England.
American men are in crisis: The landscape of jobs in the US has radically altered the configuration of who does what and for what benefit. – Allison J Pugh, “Men at Work” at Aeon.
Some of our most progressive doctors don't address diet, gut health or mitochondrial health. That's because their “allopathic” education has largely ignored these variables. The science of longevity has given rise to a more “functional” approach to medicine. You can get a glimpse of the evolution and state of the present art in this conversation with Dr. Mark Hyman and the godfather of Functional Medicine, Dr. Jeffrey Bland.
The Sound of Sunrise
“I paint with my qualities and faults” – van Gogh by Julian Schnabel.
There are no faults in creation.
Perfection is the name for Existence.
An attempt to create meaning
when meaning has already been created,
ourselves we separate
from the very joy we seek.
The reason for a flower?
An epic poem of book length likely
becomes incomprehensible.
Better a painter to her canvas, hearing
at sunrise the single note sounded
from the monk's gong from across the mountain lake.
– jab
Celebrate Solstice: Chew a banana . . .
Friday, June 20, 2025. It's Frigg's (Freya's) day . . . . The Summer Solstice comes to TulseyTown this evening after an introductory hot day. Moderate Southerlies and mid 90's with heat indices in the low 100's.
In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. – Albert Camus
Yesterday, a Rhode Island judge told Trump “No.” It was an important “No”. – Joyce Vance, Civil Discourse
A through-line through the last five months is that uncertainty is Donald Trump's personal comfort zone, where he feels *his* power is maximized. But in basically every domain in which he operates uncertainty *in itself* is damaging to everyone else involved. – Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo, cited by Heather Cox Richardson in Letters From An American.
The most dangerous corporation in America. – Robert Reich
Nichole Kidman turns 57 today. The multple laureate award film and stage actress was born in 1967 Honolulu,Hawaii. ,,, for more about Ms. Kidman.
The genre of summer blockbusters when Jaws. premiered 50 years ago on this date in 1975, directed by Steven Spielberg.
. . . I have no interest in putting into the world a book that has the shelf life of a banana. I hope Figuring has the shelf life of a shelf...History is not what happened, but what survives the shipwrecks of judgment and chance – Maria Popova.