Treasures in an empty chamber . . .
Tuesday, August 19, 2025. It's Tiw's day . . . and if I read the weatherfeather correctly, today will be TulseyTown's last 100º Tuesday for the year. The slight rain chance this morning has already departed at this ten o’clock hour, yielding to clouds, sun, light breezes and the heat.
Bonkers across the board. – Heather Cox Richardson, posted for today in her Letters From An American.
Bill Clinton turns 79 today. Our 42nd President was born in 1946, Hope, Arkansas.
Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit turns 52. She was born on this day in 1973,Kristiansand, Norway.
The poet Li-Young Lee turns 68 today, born in 1957 Jakarta, Indonesia.
Ogden Nash was born in 1902 Rye, New York.
And, the inventor who developed the first all-electronic television system, Philo Farnsworth, was born on this day in 1906, Beaver, Utah
Virginia Woolf's treasures can be found in a routine of your own.
Echo Chambers
Everyone wants peace, but votes for hawks.
A senator holds forth to an empty chamber.
No one listens. Everybody talks . . .
– Susan McLean, “Echo Chambers,” Rattle, 8.19.25
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