The best ode yet . .
Friday, July 11, 2025 . It's Freya's (Frigg's) day … Another hot Summer day with moderate to strong Southerlies are in the forecasts for TulseyTown. Fair skies with a few clouds and heat indices in the low 100's are indicated for the afternoon.
[A]lthough the Napoleons and Putins of the world will rise to power again and again over the centuries, they will also fall, because there is something in us more powerful as long as we continue placing freedom, justice, and universal happiness at the center of our commitment to life, even as we live through nightmares. – Maria Popova, “The Remarkable Story Behind Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy”,” The Marginalian,
Maybe Trump's Achilles heel: the red counties depending on the government they hate.
The 2025 Supreme Court term in review from The Brennan Center for Justice. May be the most important discussion you'll witness until free speech disappears from our rights. And . . . this is not hyperbole. Take the time.
To Kill a Mockingbird was published on this date in 1960.
The English-born American novelist and short-story Pulitzer laureate, among many other literary awards, Jhumpa Lahiri turns 58 today. She was born in 1967, London, England,
Today is also the birthday of Yul Brynner. The multi-laureate stag/ film/television actor/director was born in 1920 Vladivostok, Russia. His most notable role was that of the king in Rodgers and Hammerstein The King and I on Broadway and film.
And, there's a new Superman in town . . . maybe the best yet.
Ain't no satisfaction . . .
Thursday, July 10, 2025 It's Thor's day . . . Another hot day for TulseyTown. Moderate Southerles pushing clouds around with 100+ indices. The full “Buck Moon” begins to rise around 3:30 this afternoon
The Way cannot be told. We can – as Joseph Campbell summarized – “follow your bliss” or resist it. The former brings unimagined reward, the latter to the insanities with which we are most familiar.
“Democrats would worry less about a child’s right to pick his pronouns and more about children who do not know what a pronoun is.” – Rahm Emanuel, likely running for the democratic party 2028 presidential nomination.
One implication for those who are concerned that Trump will cancel elections in 2026 is to understand he can’t afford to do so. It would force him to shed the appearance of legitimacy that he’s gone to so much trouble to maintain. He will undoubtedly try to influence the outcome of those elections, but elections are held by the states, not by the centralized federal government. Start now by avoiding the rush and making sure you have identification that proves who you are and your American citizenship—even if your state doesn’t require this now. A U.S. Passport or a Real ID. – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse.
The author of the longest novel ever – In Search of Lost Time – Marcel Proust was born on this day in 1871, Auteuil, near Paris, France,
And today in 1965 The Rolling Stones finally got some satisfaction landing at #1 on the Billboard charts after six earlier appearances.
You can't say that . . .
Wednesday, July 9, 2025. It's Odin's day . . . Near calm breezes are in the forecasts for TulseyTown today. A clear, hot afternoon, as in upper 90 indices with almost zero rain chances. One or two clouds. Maybe.
Trust the idea that leads to an idea. Follow that path. – Victoria Labalma, Risk Forward, Hay House, 2021.
Nikola Tesla was born on this day in 1856, Smiljan, in what is now Croatia.
Tom Hanks turns 69 today. The multiple laureate award actor was born in 1956, Concord, California.
And, it's the birthdate of my kind of academic: Franz Boas. The interdisciplinarian anthropologist was born in 1858 Minden, Westphalia, Germany. Boaz stressed the need to study four fields — ethnology, linguistics, physical anthropology, and archaeology — before making any generalizations about any one culture.
The Way cannot be told. So told Lao Tzu.