Light in darkness: Where the love dogs are.
Wednesday, December 3, 2025. It's Odin's day . . . Forecasts for TulseyTown indicate moderate Easterlies bringing increasing cloudiness and upper 40's this afternoon as the breezes shift to Northerlies. Much colder tomorrow.
Today is the birth date of Anna Freud. The founder of child psychoanalysis was born in 1895 Vienna.
Polish novelist Joseph Conrad (Heart of Darkness) was born on this day in 1857 Berdichev, which is now in the Ukraine.
At Trump's meeting yesterday his cabinet appeared to applaud, although it is not clear whether they were agreeing or hoping to stop him from talking like a Nazi. He kept nodding off through much of the meeting. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.
Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. Interesting achievement. – George Will, cited by Joyce Vance in Civil Discourse.
The end of Trump's power. – Robert Reich, online, 1.3.25
Catching Thoughts Before They Escalate
Having a regular meditation practice makes us more aware of what’s happening in our mind, the mental undercurrent that tends to go unnoticed when we’re caught up in our daily activities and interactions. With meditation, we begin to catch some of the ember-like thoughts and subtle emotions that, left undetected, escalate before we notice them. – Pema Chödrön, in How We Live Is How We Die, Shambhala Press. 2023.
There are love dogs
no one knows the names of.
Give your life to be one of them. – Rumi
Courted by a who? Or a what?
Tuesday, December 2, 2025. It's Tiw's day . . . Moderate Southerlies return to TulseyTown with sunshine and warmer afternoons all week. Today, mid 40's by mid afternoon. Mornings will still be chilly.
You don’t find your purpose. You build your purpose, experiment by experiment, mistake by mistake. When you find yourself amid that which if you were not being paid to do, you would pay to do...that's it.
It's December: the month the TV channels unpack “It's a Wonderful Life.” Prompting Robert Reich to focus on Trump, the Pope and Jimmy Stewart's Christmas .
Today is the birthday of painter Georges Seurat. He was born in 1859 Paris, France.
On this day in 1942 the first human-made self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was initiated during an experiment led by Enrico Fermi at the University of Chicago.
Signs of a political system in shambles. – Matt Kerbel, Wolves and Sheep, 12.1.25
Trump’s behavior over the holiday weekend has increased concern about his mental acuity. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American for 12.2.25
The Monetization of Rage: Why we're so polarized. – Robert Reich online 12.2.25
The best way to take care of the future is to take care of the present.
...many of us turn our backs on dazzling sunsets, on raucous wildflowers bursting through concrete, on playful bird song, inured to these wild, sensual displays of affection while bemoaning our solitude and unlovability. Who is courting you? – Sophie Strand, Make Me Good Soil, 12.2.25
Monday, December 1, 2025 If you build it . . .
It's the Moon's day . . . A freezing rain this morning made for some black ice on bridges and over passes in TulseyTown. Forecasts indicate light Northerlies maintaining cloudy skies and mid 30's throughout the day. Another hard freeze tomorrow morning with partly cloudy conditions.
Remember you are this universe and this universe is you. – Joy Harjo
Today in 1860 the first installment of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations was published.
The moment to pick a side has come. – Joyce Vance in Civil Discourse.
Although war conditions usually help a president’s popularity, Trump’s threat to attack Venezuela attracts the support of only 30% of Americans. Seventy percent oppose such military action. And there are legal quarters suggesting the attacks qualify as war crimes. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.
The week ahead – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse.
Today in 1913 the auto industry as we know it came into being with the debut of world's first moving assembly line. It was used in manufacturing Model Ts at a Ford factory in Highland Park, Michigan; the innovation was the idea of owner Henry Ford, and it revolutionized the auto industry. His workers hated it.
How would humanity respond if we discovered an asteroid headed for Earth? NASA’s "Planetary Defenders" is a gripping documentary that delves into the high-stakes world of asteroid detection and planetary defense.
We are expressions in flux, shaped by environment, behavior, and choice. Epigenetics, neuroplasticity, and the microbiome have rewritten the story of what it means to be human. – Jeff Krasno, The Tao of Health, 11.29.25
A Senior's Villanelle
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History stores its memories in archives
like silent films whose stories you can’t hear.
The old relate their tales—the past revives.
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– Lynn Hess, “A Senior's Villanelle.” read the whole poem at Rattle, Issue #89 – Fall 2025.