Where's it all going to end?

Thursday, July 3, 2025. It's Thor's day . . . Thunderstorms are in the forecast for TulseyTown today, but only a 50/50 chance.

Playwright Tom Stoppard turns 88 today. The recipient of multiple lareates including the Oscar and several Tony awards.was born in 1937 Zlín, Czechoslovakia.

It's the birthdate of Franz Kafka, born in 1883 Prague.

David can still slay Goliath. If the government won't enforce the law – in this case environmental regulations – organize and “sue the bastards.”

So what’s the real, underlying reason for the Trump regime’s attack on education? Because the greatest obstacle to dictatorship is an educated populace. Ignorance is the handmaiden of tyranny. That’s why slave owners prohibited enslaved people from learning to read, fascists burn books, and tyrants close universities.

In their quest to destroy democracy, Trump, Vance, and their cronies are intent on shutting the American mind. – Robert Reich, “Why they hate higher education,” online, 7.3.25.

The Supreme Court's Pandora box. – Joyce Vance, Civil Discourse, 7.2.25.

A must read from Garrison Keillor. The beauty of democracy: it’s an art and not a science, and sometimes it speaks clearly. – “Bravo democracy. Up with the underdog.” The Column, 6.30.25.

Eternity's a terrible thought. I mean, where's it all going to end? – Tom Stoppard.

One: Not Two . . .

Wednesday, July 2, 2025. It's Odin's day … Moderate Southerlies bring cloud cover to TulseyTown this afternoon. Otherwise, forecasts indicate upper 80's.

“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” ~Anaïs Nin Cited by Maria Kleine on TinyBuddha online.

Today in 1937, Amelia Earhart was last heard from, somewhere over the Pacific.

Hermann Hesse was born on this date. The author of Siddhartha was born in 1877 Calw, Germany,

Folk singer-songwriter Greg Brown was born in 1949 Fairfield, Iowa.

And its the birthdate of Polish poet Wisława Szymborska. The Nobel Lareate was born in 1923 Bnin, Poland.

Nothing Twice

Even if there is no one dumber,
if you’re the planet’s biggest dunce,
you can’t repeat the class in summer:
this course is only offered once.

– Wislawa Szymborska , “Nothing Twice,” from Poems New and Collected: 1957–1997, Harper Collins. 200 0. Original: Harcourt Brace & Company. 1998.

We are a ritual . . .

Tuesday, July 1, 2025. It's Tiw's day . . . Easy Northerlies are to bring a few clouds to an otherwise sunny day to TulseyTown today. The heat hammer of the past several weeks is easing, as is the humidity. Upper 80's.

Today is Canada Day.

Diana, princess of Wales was born on this day in 1961, Sandringham, Norfolk, England.

William Strunk Jr., The original author of The Elements of Style was born in 1869 Cincinnati, Ohio. The original was edited later by a student of his, Elwyn Brooks White, and is now called “The Strunk and White.”

And its the birth day of George Sand The French novelist was born Lucile Aurore Dupin in 1804 Paris.

A Ritual To Read To Each Other

. . . though we could fool each other, we should
consider—
lest the parade of our mutual life get lost in the
dark.

For it is important that awake people be awake,
or a breaking line may discourage them back to
sleep;
the signals we give — yes or no, or maybe —
should be clear: the darkness around us is deep.

– William Stafford, the poem “A Ritual To Read To Each Other,” is in The Way It Is: New and Selected Poems. Graywolf Press, 1988.