Taking off the giant's rose colored glasses. . .
Monday, September 29, 2025. It's the Moon's day . . . and forecasts for TulseyTown indicate moderate Southerlies bringing Summer heat back for another, hopefully last, ten days of that season, with near 90's and a mix of sun and clouds. They also indicate dry conditions. The weatherfeather, on the other hand, noticed mare's tails yesterday mid afternoon. An old-timer's harbinger of rain to come, usually in 48 hours or shorter. Go figure.
The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise. – Maya Angelou
The author of what is considered to be the first modern novel, Miguel de Cervantes, was born, likely on this date, near 1547 Madrid, Spain.
Trump posted, then deleted, an obviously fake video promoting his version of health care. – Heather Cox Rchardson caught it before it was deleted and shared insights in Letters From An American, posted for today.
The Week Ahead in Civil Discourse from Joyce Vance.
...The slumbering giant of America is now stirring. – Robert Reich, Sunday Thought: The giant awakes, online 9.28.25
Watching the news on over-the-air, cable or any other commercial source? Keep in mind that our media environment is largely controlled by a handful of monopoly media corporations. These companies have business before the very government and politicians that they are supposed to be holding accountable, and their primary and ongoing motive is to make $$ from advertising. In Tulsa that means KTUL-TV, Channel 8 OTA (ABC / Sinclair Media); and KJRH, Channel 2 OTA (NBC / Scripps Media). KOTV, Channel 6, OTA, declares they are “Tulsa's only locally owned” but is in a corporate union with KWTV, Channel 9 OTA – both are owned by Griffin Media in OKC and are affiliates of the Columbia Broadcast System (CBS TV).
Relationship: The Perilous Path of Loving a Person, a Path or a Place – David Whyte, from the series 'Admit, Commit, Submit' posted 9.29.25 Long, but worthy.
Without Hope, Without Fear. Beyond the “rose colored glass view.” Pema Chodron; short, free video clip from A Field Guide for Dark Times.
Milk and other choices . . .
Sunday, September 28, 2025. It's Sol's day . . . Easy Southeasterlies are in the forecasts for TulseyTown this lovely Fall day. Sunny, some puffy clouds creating shadow dances. Upper 80's.
It's nonviolence or nonexistence. MLK
How does one achieve enlightenment? Just add milk. – Sophie Strand, “Milk Song,” on Make Me Good Soil, 9.28.25.
On this day in1066 William the Conqueror of Normandy arrived on British soil. He defeated the British in the Battle of Hastings on October 14, and on Christmas Day, he was crowned King of England in Westminster Abby.
And, today in 1781 The Siege of Yorktown began, eventually leading on October 19 to the British surrender by General Lord Cornwallis and the end of the American Revolution.
The Past Tense, The Future Perfect
Somewhere in each of us is an echo
expressive of every time past and future life
we have had and will have.
That past often has quite a bit of pain
but enough love to recognize in that
echo of the future that it –
the future – is wholly a construct of love.
What we do in the present
manifests what comes next.
By holding on to the past
we bring the pain of our poor choices
and sorrow for all the guilt we carry.
Only by letting go into the unfolding present
– absent tense – may we find that
love has embraced us.
Letting go of all tenses may –
even in the minds of our loved ones
– result, in a judgement
that we may have lost ours.
– jab
Tonight: Chickens . . .
Saturday, September 27, 2025.
It's the Satyr's day . . . Given an exception of upper 80's, the weatherfeather Xeroxed in the forecasts for TulseyTown today: lots o'sun, easy breezes.
I believe every tree remembers every Buddha who has slept beneath her arms.
Rachel Carson's Silent Spring was published on this day in 1962.
The Tonight Show made its premier this evening in 1954 with Steve Allen as its host. He was the funniest man in the world to my teenage brain. Equal to if perhaps exceeded by Johnny Carson (jus'sayin').
Kay Ryan is 80 today. The 16th U.S. Poet Laureate (2008-2010) was born in 1945 San Jose, California.
Home to Roost
The chickens
are circling and
blotting out the
day. The sun is
bright, but the
chickens are in
the way. Yes,
the sky is dark
with chickens,
dense with them.
They turn and
then they turn
again. These
are the chickens
you let loose
one at a time
and small—
various breeds.
Now they have
come home
to roost—all
the same kind
at the same speed.
– Kay Ryan, “Home To Roost,” from The Niagara River. Grove Press. 2005.