3500 year-old love songs . . .
Friday, September 19, 2025. It's Frigg's (Freya's) day . . . and after a brief overnight thunderstorm, light breezes are to maintain a mix of clouds and sun over TulseyTown today with upper 80's. Slight rain chances remain into tomorrow morning. So sayeth the weatherfeather.
Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don’t claim them. Feel the artistry moving through and be silent. – Rumi
When you look at the world as lover, every being becomes precious to you. And the impulse to act on behalf of life becomes irresistible. – Joanna Macy, “World as Lover, World as Self,” in Meditations, The Center for Action and Meditation.
Keeping track of the Kimmel backlash.
Trump's war on late night TV could be his undoing. – Robert Reich, “The Humorless President”, 9.19.25.
On this date in 1970, The Mary Tyler Moore Show premiered on CBS TV. The comedy narrative framed an image of an independent, competent, sucessful working woman. For the first time, mass audiences were presented with was a alternative role model for American women competing in a world dominated by men.
The author of Lord of the Flies, writer William Golding, was born in 1911 St. Columb Minor, Cornwall, England.
The body of Ötzi the Iceman was found in the Alps on this day in 1991 between Austria and Italy. The discovery and subsequent research of the 3500 year old superbly preserved body revealed much about Stone Age civilization.
Speaking of ice-men: Van the Man is back to writing love songs. The Irish singer/songwriter celebrated his 80th birthday a few weeks back on August 31st.
About that $15 salad . . .
Thursday, September 18, 2025. It's Thor's day . . . and easy to moderate Westerlies are forecasted to bring rain chances to TulseyTown, increasing throughout the afternoon and likely in the evening and overnight. Cooling too is indicated, mid to upper 80's.
Trump's Administration is increasingly using the weight of government power to suppress lawful expression. Jimmy Kimmel has been suspended by ABC. And the reason should concern anyone who values free expression. On Monday night, Kimmel used his late-night monologue to criticize how some in the MAGA movement responded to the death of Charlie Kirk. He called out what he saw as an attempt to deflect blame and politicize the violence.
Don't be afraid to speak up. Joyce Vance responds to Kimmel's removal by ABC, in Civil Discourse.
Heather Cox Richardson also had something to say about the Kimmel affair. Posted in Letters From An American.
About that $15 salad at your fave lunch venue... – Jeff Krasno, “Why my salad is only $15.” Online 9.16.25
Uncaging the truth . . .
Wednesday, September 17, 2025. It's Odin's day . . . and forecasts indicate the end of the year's really hot days for TulseyTown. Upper 90's indices with a mix of sun, clouds and slight rain chances this afternoon. 80's tomorrow, and for the rest of the week on our way to the Fall Equinox.
Meditation is really about what happens when we stop meditating. A big part of why we practice mindfulness in a quiet room away from distractions is so we can draw on that skill when we've re-entered the noisy world.
Today is Constitution Day in the United States, because it was on this day in 1787, at the old State House in Philadelphia, that the final draft of the Constitution was signed.
Of course, he won't admit it, but his troubles just keep multiplying. Even his base is crumbling around its edges. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.
Novelist Ken Kesey was born on this date in La Junta, Colorado, in 1935
And poet William Carlos Williams was born today in 1883 Rutherford, New Jersey,
The Fool's Song
I tried to put a bird in a cage.
O fool that I am!
For the bird was Truth.
Sing merrily, Truth: I tried to put
Truth in a cage!
And when I had the bird in the cage,
O fool that I am!
Why, it broke my pretty cage.
Sing merrily, Truth: I tried to put
Truth in a cage!
And when the bird was flown from the cage,
O fool that I am!
Why, I had nor bird nor cage.
Sing merrily, Truth: I tried to put
Truth in a cage!
Heigh-ho! Truth in a cage.
– William Carlos Williams. This poem is in the public domain.