Charlie Brown's Christmas . . .
Tuesday, December 9, 2025. It's Tiw's day . . . and moderate to strong Southerlies, sunny skies and low 60's are in the forecasts for TulseyTown by afternoon. The warmer trend is predicted to extend to the weekend when cooler conditions are likely.
Do not feel lonely. The entire universe is inside you. – Rumi
Fibber ...
What a relief:
You don't have to become
what you already are.
– Jim Harrison, “Fibber” in In Search of Small Gods, Copper Canyon Press. 2009
Trump can't remember what he says, doesn't care, or everything he says is gas-light. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.
Regardless, the Supreme Court seems poised to grant this dangerous man even more power than they already have. – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse.
Frank Gehry died last week, on December 5th. He was 96. NPR posted an excellent remembrance of the architect.
Today is the birthdate of the poet John Milton. The author of Paradise Lost was born in 1608 London.
Dame Judi Dench is 91 today. The multi-laureate awarded British actress was born in 1934, North Yorkshire, England.
The cartoonist, humorist, and poet Ashleigh Brilliant was born on this day in 1933 London.
The greatest obstacle to discovering Truth is being convinced you already have it. – Ashleigh Brilliant
Charlie Brown's Christmas almost didn't happen. One of the season's classics made its debut in 1965 on CBS television in spite of network execs almost pulling the plug.
How Lonely
Only humans could love a machine,
unrequited and unable to return.
We celebrate being –
simultaneous noun and adjective –
a reflection of the present moment
about which the machine has
no possible embrace
let alone a future.
How lonely. Existence
confined to a digital past.
– jab
Grand moments . . .
Monday, December 8, 2025. It's the Moon's day … Forecasts for TulseyTown promise sunshine this afternoon with light Southerlies and mid 40's.
The Week Ahead. – Joyce Vance, Civil Discourse.
The brouhaha over the video of the September 2 U.S. military strike on a small boat with 11 people on it, was explored by Heather Cox Richardson in her Letters From An American posted for today.
The humorist, writer and cartoonist James Thurber was born on this day 1894 in Columbus, Ohio
Today is the birthday of Diego Rivera. The muralist/frescoe painter was born in 1886 Guanajuato, Mexico.
It's also Jean Sibelius' birthday. The composer was born in 1865 Hämeenlinna, Finland. Reared in Sweden, he composed perhaps the grandest symphonic moments in the repertoire.
A full mail-box . . .A full mail-box . . .
Sunday, December 7, 2025. It's Sol's day . . . Strong Northerlies are in the forecasts for TulseyTown, making for a blustery-cold early Winter day today. Wind chill indices are in the 30's all day under a cloud cover.
The Mailbox this morning was full of flotsam and jetsam.
It was on this day in 1941 that Japanese bombers attacked Pearl Harbor.
Noam Chomsky turns 97 today. The public intellectual, socio/political writer, and the man known as the “father of modern linguistics,” (and my mentor from afar) was born on this day in 1928 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Speaking of the denizens of MIT, drug hunters at that institution are using AI to design completely new antibiotics – Adele Peters
[Our Source] is the eternal “I” waiting for those willing to be a “Thou.” – Fr. Richard Rohr, Meditation, The Center for Action and Contemplation.
Cultivating the liberating power of conscious attention. – Tara Brach, video shared 12.6.25
I Looked Up,
What misery to be afraid of death.
What wretchedness, to believe
only in what can be proven.
– Mary Oliver, “I Looked Up,” in White Pine, Harcourt, 1994..