Walking: toward and along side . . .
Sunday, October 19, 2025. It's Sol's day . . . and a real taste of Fall comes to TulseyTown today. Easy Northwesterlies bring sunny skies, and upper 60's, before returning to Southerlies later in the afternoon. Jeans, long sleeve shirt and a sweater helped me brace the morning's 48º start to the day.
Yesterday was “No King's Day.” We united in solidarity. – Robert Reich, In Solidarity, online 10.19.25
Celebrating October 18th. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.
If you’re an American citizen, don’t exercise your First Amendment rights unless you want to become a target too.
Empires live by numbness. Empires, in their militarism, expect numbness about the human cost of war. Corporate economies expect blindness to the cost in terms of poverty and exploitation. Governments and societies of domination go to great lengths to keep the numbness intact.... compassion penetrates the numbness making visible the odd abnormality that has become business as usual. Thus compassion that might be seen simply as generous goodwill is in fact criticism of the system, forces, and ideologies that produce the hurt. This is what was at the heart of Jesus' ministry. – Richard Rohr, “Prophetic Solidarity and Compassion” (adapted), Meditation, The Center for Action and Contemplation, 10.16.25
Harvesting peace . . .
Saturday, October 18, 2025 It's the Satyr's day . . . TODAY, SATURDAY, IS “NO KINGS DAY.”
More apologies for total confusion on my part. So much flotsam and jetsam in the mailbox. Come out for a No Kings event near you. I am told that in addition to the two “official” demonstrations in Tulsa, there may be popups around the city. See one, join in. Bring an umbrella. Forecasts indicate a cool day in the mid 70's along with a chance for rain. Moderate Southwesterlies are to move to Northerlies overnight as a cold front moves through bringing yet cooler Sunday. Overnight low is forecasted at 48º for our first of the Fall season.
No Kings Coffee Klatch – Robert Reich and company.
Transit Haiku
Peace, love, corn, and salt.
Mantra for the day's journey.
Sharing happiness.
Body follows mind.
Thankful world echoes, quiet.
Peaceful gathering.
– jab
Mr. Smith finds yet more friends . . .
Friday, October 17, 2025. It's the Satyr's day . . .After a cloudy morning, moderate to strong Southerlies are forecasted to bring the sun to TulseyTown this afternoon along with upper 80's. Rain chances are indicated for this evening into tomorrow morning. The warm-cool Fall rollercoaster is under way.
Yesterday, I got ahead of myself thinking the NO KINGS protests were today … so I'm reposting a corrected notice :
With the No Kings protests happening Sunday at thousands of locations nationwide, this will be the third significant day of protest during the second Trump administration... If you are willing, able and available, find a protest near you and attend—behave, keep your eyes open, and be careful. Two locations are scheduled in Tulsa. One at 7st and Memorial in the center of the metro area that begins at 9a.m. and is scheduled to end around 7 p.m. The other is to be at Boulder Park from Noon to 2p.m. No Kings protests are also planned in Bartlesville, Talequah, Muskogee and Stillwater and many other locations throughout Oklahoma.
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, American dramatic film, opened in theatres today in 1939. Directed by Frank Capra and starring Jimmy Stewart, it angered the political establishment but won wide acclaim from the public and received 11 Academy Award nominations.
The play and screen writer Arthur Miller (“Death of a Salesman”) was born on this day in 1915 New York City.
Thich Nhat Hanh (1926–2022) and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968) shared a friendship based on solidarity with the suffering of one another’s communities. –“A Friendship for Peace,” Meditations, The Center for Action and Contemplation.
When you love beings… not just for their intelligence – and other ephemerical but discernable qualites – but for what those beings have in their very depths, you love them equally: they are entireties. What is surprising is not that we love them all, but rather that we may find what is worthwhile – Friendship: a profound mutual confidence between people, and the joy of knowing that others exist.