Gratitude: Just in time for Winter . . .
Sunday, November 30, 2025. It's Sol's day . . . and Fall done fell all the way into Winter this morning in TulseyTown. Moderate to strong Northerlies are in the forecasts to hold temperatures in the 30's all day with a mix of sun and clouds. Full overcast is due by early evening followed by another overnight hard freeze. Wind chill today is to hold in the upper 20's. Yers Trooley is a big fan of David Archy long underware. Jus' sayin' …
The rules of life are simple, though life itself is very complicated. The point is not to do something, get something, or go somewhere; the point is to try to open our eyes. The tiniest tincture of truth has the power to remove the dust that blinds us. – Marianne Williamson, If Only We Will Look, in Transform, 11.24.25
Winston Churchill was born on this day in 1874, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England.
Today is also the birthday of Mark Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in1835 Florida, Missouri.
Canadian children’s author L.M. Montgomery, the author of Anne of Green Gables was born in 1874 Clifton, Prince Edward Island.
Film producer/director Sir Ridley Scott is 88 today. The multi-awarded laureate was born in 1937, South Shields, Durham, England.
And, Woody Allen is 90 today.
To be an American is an ideal, while to be a Frenchman is a fact. – Robert Reich, Sunday Thought.
Gratitude
has no patience for performance.
You want it to hold still and be seen,
it wants to fly your heart like a kite.
– Abbey Murray, “The Problem with Gratitude,” in Rattle, 11.30.25
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 . . .