Even if for a moment . . .
Monday, August 18, 2025. It's the Moon's day . . . TulseyTown forecasts indicate real temperatures above 100º today with moderate Southerlies and a slight chance for a stray thunder shower during the afternoon. Counting down to the season break next Monday.
Emotions…First of all, they are a gift from Creation so that we can touch reality by a way other than the salad scramble of experience. Inside the frame of the smaller self, we tend to make everything a big deal.
We’ve been taught to package our emotions like fast food—served quick, tidy, and with a smile. Americanized feelings. Digestible. Non-threatening. Always paired with productivity... [That] is how we sell emotional healing in the West—marketed like a self-improvement product...But what if the formula is the lie? – Allison Jeanette Briggs. “The Lie of Packaged Feelings.” Tiny Buddha, online, 8.12.25.
The Week Ahead from Joyce Vance's Civil Discourse.
What is clear from the summit is that Trump and Putin badly miscalculated the nature of power in democracies. – Heather Cox Richardson, posted last night in Letters From An American.
Why Trump will fail. The iron law of grovelers and those to whom they grovel. – Robert Reich, online, 8.18.25.
Roman Polanski turns 92 today. The filmmaker and screenwriter was born in 1933 Paris. Robert Redford is 89 today.
The legendary rock festival Woodstock ended today in 1969 near Bethel, New York It attracted some 400,000 fans.
Even if for a moment ...
In a world of noise, confusion and conflict, it is necessary that there is a place of inner silence and peace; not the peace of mere relaxation but the peace of inner clarity and love. – Thomas Merton
Wonder as you wander . . .
Sun, August 17, 2025. It's Sol's day . . . and she/he isn't done with us yet. TulseyTown is a week away from a forecasted break from the 100º+ heat. Stay cool, ya'll.
Maybe the desire to make something beautiful is the piece of God that is inside each of us. – Mary Oliver
TulseyTown is showing up in the Los Angeles Times today. And its “good” news.
Robert De Niro turns 82 today. One of cinema’s most acclaimed actors, he was born in 1943, New York City, New York.
It's the birthday of Mae West. The controversial actress and playwright was born in 1893 Brooklyn, New York.
Poet Ted Hughes was born on this day in 1930 West Yorkshire, England. Recognized among the greatest 20th Century poets, he is now best remembered as the husband of Sylvia Plath … and not without controversy.
. . . If a close warm personal relationship with a convicted child molester isn’t enough to outrage people, it’s time to be positive and find a Democrat who looks good at the rudder of a sailboat. – Garrison Keillor, “What Needs to be Done, For Starters,” The Column 8.15.25.
Nine steps Democrats need to take now. – Robert Reich, If Democrats Got Off Their Asses, online 8.15.25.
Intentional wonder.
To wonder. To wonder with no plan
for where it might lead. No strategy
for arrival. No finish line. No pot
of gold. No perfect score. No striving for.
– Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, “ Intention” in The Marginalian by Maria Popova, 8.17.25
Turn, turn, turning . . .
Saturday, August 16, 2025. It's the Satyr's day . . . and a hot weekend is in the forecasts for TulseyTown. Intense sun, moderate Southerlies and indices well into the 100º+ range. Prettymuch just like yesterday and tomorrow.
Seeking perfect total enlightenment is like looking for a flashlight when all you need the flashlight for is to find your flashlight. – Lew Welch
The mailbox was full of birthday reminders . . . indulge me:
It's the birthday of the German-American poet/novelist Charles Bukowski. One of my faves, he was born in 1920 Andernach, Germany.
It's also the birth date of another San Francisco beat poet, Lew Welch, who was born in 1926 Phoenix, Arizona.
The legendary author and editor William Maxwell was born on this day in 1908 Lincoln, Illinois.
Madonna turns 67 today. The major pop culture icon was born in 1958,Bay City Michigan.
James Cameron is 71 today. The Canadian filmmaker was born in 1954, Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada.
And, T.E. Lawrence (“Lawrence of Arabia,”) was born today in 1888, Tremadoc, Caernarvonshire, Wales
So, You Want to Be a Writer? [fill in the blank]
[…]
It has to come roaring out of you.
[...]
When it is truly time,
and if you have been chosen,
it will do it by
itself and it will keep on doing it
until you die or it dies in you.
there is no other way.
and there never was.
– Charles Bukowski, So, You Want to Be a Writer? from sifting through the madness for the Word, the line, the way. HarperCollins., 2003.