Of stardust are we made . . .
Saturday, November 29, 2025. It's the Satyr's day . . . Moderate to strong morning Southerlies are forecasted to turn Westerly on their way to Northerlies by mid-day and falling temperatures from the mid 50s around noon to the 40's in the afternoon and into the 30's by evening. A hard freeze in the mid 20's are indicated by tomorrow sunrise.
. . . to tell the truth I don't want to let go of the wrists
of idleness, I don't want to sell my life for money,
I don't even want to come in out of the rain.
– Mary Oliver, “Black Oaks,” in West Wind, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1997
If you're not tired of politics . . .
As Trump’s popularity continues to drop, the MAGA coalition shows signs of cracking, and Trump’s mental acuity slips, there is a frantic feel to the administration, as if Trump’s people are trying to grab all they can, while they can. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An Amrican posted last night.
Louisa May Alcott was born on this day in 1832 Germantown, Pennsylvania. And, C.S. Lewis was born in 1898 Belfast, Northern Ireland.
from The Way
Enfolding the ten thousand things,
returning to the infinite eternal
nameless from which it unfolded,
The Way: Always learning/teaching
with life's winds.
North Star, Southern Cross.
The sky is full of metaphor,
as are we.
Walking The Way home.
– jab, The Way.
How happy can a monkey be?
Friday, November 28, 2025. It's Frigg's (Freya's) Day … Moderate to strong Southerlies bring increasing cloud cover to TulseyTown today ahead of rain chances and a hard freeze overnight. Upper 50's this afternoon.
I believe in … the fluttering unknown gods that I nearly see …
struggling to stay alive in a world that grinds them underfoot.
– Jim Harrison, “I Believe.” In Search of Small Gods. Copper Canyon Press, 2010.
Polar night has settled onto Northernmost Alaska.
Birthdays
Novelist and physicist Alan Lightman is 77 today. The physicist, writer and humanist was born on this day in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1948
French anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss, was born in 1908 Brussels, Belgium.
Poet and scuptor William Blake was born in 1757 London .
To see a world in a grain of sand
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour.
– Wm. Blake
The Grand Ole Opry premiered on this date in 1925 Nashville, Tennessee.
And, Randy Newman turns 82 today. The inventive composer, singer, sonwriter and pianist was born in 1943, Los AngelesCalifornia.
Happy as a monkey in a monkey tree . . .
...in the family of things...
Thursday, November 27, 2025. It's Thor's day … Light Easterlies make for a lovely Thanksgiving day for TulseyTown.
Indeed, today is Thanksgiving Day. Why Thursday?
The first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade was held in 1924 New York City.
Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever we call it, whoever you are, we need one.
May all beings have happiness and the causes of happiness.
May all beings be free from sorrow and the causes of sorrow.
May all beings never be separated from the great happiness that is sorrowless.
May all leave attachment to dear ones and aversion to others and dwell in the equalness of all that lives. – Teaching from The Mahayana often referred to as the “heart-teaching” of Buddha.
Caring for nature: a thank-you from World Wildlife.org.
The lark's on the wing;
The snail's on the thorn;
God's in His heaven,
All's right with the world!
– Robert Browning, “Pippa's Song,” Pippa Passes.
Wild Geese
… the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,
are heading home again.
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese,
harsh and exciting – over and over
announcing your place in the family of things.
– Mary Oliver, “Wild Geese,” in Dream Work, Grove Atlantic,1986.