Maggie's farm is having a hard time finding workers.
Friday, July 25, 2025.
It's Freya's (Frigg's) day . . . TulseyTown's weatherfeather indicates a cooler 102º index today. As if we'd notice.
Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground. – Rumi
L’Affaire Epstein? Follow the money. Joyce Vance is. See Civil Discourse.
While Trump tries to silence everyone who speaks out against him, South Park burned Trump on Wednesday's premiere of the twenty-seventh season of the television series. In it Satan, potrayed in bed with Trump was the gentlest image. Heather Cox Richardson took note on Letters From An American. South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker promise the gloves are off and they're just getting started.
Today in 1965 At the Newport (Rhode Island) Folk Festival, American singer and songwriter Bob Dylan initially eschewed his acoustic guitar to go electric; the controversial performance is considered one of the most pivotal moments in the history of rock and roll.
Like dottir, like silence . . .
Thursday, July 24, 2025. It's Thor's day . . . More sun, more heat, more Southerlies.
You may think if you make yourself small enough, authoritarianism will pass you by. You are wrong. Shrinking your voice doesn’t stop the threat. It invites more of it. –Jon Stewart.
Missed another one …
William Irwin Thompson was born last week on July 16th in 1936 Chicago. The social philosopher, cultural critic, poet and founder of the contemporary Lindisfarne was a major influence on Yers Trooley with his book The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light.
Today...
Novelist Alexandre Dumas was born in 1802 Villers-Cotterêts, France. He authored The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo
And, English poet and novelist Robert Graves, was born on this date in 1895 Wimbledon. He authored I Claudius among many. His The White Goddess is a must read for the poet/myth inclined.
Trump's EPA acolyte is proposing to rescind the landmark 2009 legal opinion that greenhouse gas emissions put human health at risk, which underpins many of the government’s actions to combat climate change,
Everywhere you look today, there’s a confrontation between Trump and the courts brewing as he attempts to acquire still more power. Trump wants to be a king, or perhaps worse, some form of despot. We can’t say this enough. If you followed the news today, or any day, it’s impossible to avoid that conclusion. – Joyce Vance, Civil Discourse, 7.24.25.
Like Dottir Like Sun Like Silence
Possessed by The Mother of
the ten-thousand things,
in the face of the moon
I see the sun.
I am daughter and son.
You are The Great Mystery.
– jab
Even cowgirls get the blues on Detroit's mean streets
Wednesday, July 23, 2025. It's Odin's day . . . Another heat-hammer day in TulseyTown. Blazing sun and strong Southerlies. 100+ indices.
It is impossible for you to go on as you were before, so you must go on as you never have. – Cheryl Strayed
Missed this one … Joanna Macy, visionary teacher and author, died quietly this past Saturday at her home in Berkeley.
Yesterday . . . novelist Tom Robbins was born on this day 1936 in Blowing Rock, North Carolina. And, painter Edward Hopper, (“Nighthawks”) was born in 1882 Nyack, New York.
Today … Fifty-eight years ago tonight, a five day riot began in Detroit after a police raid on an African American club. It is considered one of the catalysts of the militant Black Power movement and initiated the economic collapse of the city. Detroit has yet to fully recover.
It’s the birthdate of detective novelist Raymond Chandler. The author of the wisecracking private eye named Philip Marlowe was born in 1888 Chicago.
“In everything that can be called art there is a quality of redemption. It may be pure tragedy, if it is high tragedy, and it may be pity and irony, and it may be the raucous laughter of the strong man. But down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid. The detective in this kind of story must be such a man.” – Raymond Chandler.
Things seem a little unstable at the White House. The panic continues … Trump appears to be touching all his greatest hits in an attempt to regain control of the narrative. But the more he protests that he is not connected to the Epstein files, the more he reinforces the idea that he is. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.
Echoing this blog's intent …
It’s not enough to resist what we don’t want; we must generate a new beginning. . Every day, in each of our lives, we can do the new thing, make the next call, refuse to procrastinate at whatever it is. We can let the universe know we mean business. Make new contacts. Reach out in new ways. – Marianne Williamson, Transform, online 7.23.25.
Self-transformation is a continuous process, not a one-time event. Every aspect of your being is in constant transformation: physically from the dna to your behavior as you read this;psychologically as your brain adapts to each moment by moment instant; spiritually: as the universe evolves so do you.You can't hold on to any of it.
“There are two kinds of people in this world: Those who believe there are two kinds of people in this world and those who are smart enough to know better. [That said] There are only two mantras, yum and yuck, mine is yum.” ― Tom Robbins, Still Life with Woodpecker