Staying in precious time. . .
Tuesday, February 10, 2026. It's Tiw's day . . . forecasts for TulseyTown indicate Westerlies becoming strong Northerlies during the afternoon bringing clouds and mid 60's. Clearing overnight.
Every healthy relationship starts with two people who have healthy relationships with themselves.
Any toxic relationship is the result of at least one person’s toxic relationship with themselves.
NYCity Mayor Mandami trumped Trump this past Friday, putting his pen where his mouth has been, in a direct confrontation with ICE and Homan's immigration perversion and violence.
Today is the birthdate of playwriter Bertolt Brecht. He was born in 1898, Augsburg, Germany.
Novelist Mary McGarry Morris is 83 today.The author of Songs in Ordinary Time was born in 1943 Meriden, Connecticut.
And, It's the 56th birthday of Norwegian journalist Åsne Seierstad. The Nobel Laureate was born in 1970 Oslo.
To live without arriving is to learn how to stay.
Pause, Refresh, Repeat
How long has it been that you visited
the landing page of this website?
Let me refresh.
There is no reason to be
swimming in the zen stream
other than (1) you can't not; and
(2) it's a pleasant way to spend
some of your precious time.
Swimming in The Way to “get somewhere”
is to swim against the stream.
Treading in the eddies is quite appropriate.
Appropo, these pages are eddies.
-- jab
Don't wait up . . .
Monday, February 9, 2026. It's the Moon's day . . . reaching the half-way of its waning journey to new. Forecasts for TulseyTown indicate a near Summer day with easy Southerlies, sunny skies and low 80's, returning to the upper 60's tomorrow. Good rain chances Friday and Saturday.
It is not within the power of a thought to control awareness. You are not your thoughts. They are not you. They are … just … thoughts.
The Week Ahead. – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse.
Fomenting phobia: A history lesson from Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.
Alice Walker is 81 today. The novelist, short story writer, poet, social activist and 1982 Pulitzer Prize laureate (The Color Purple) was born in 1944, Eatonton, Georgia.
Carole King was born 83 years ago today. The prolific songwriter/singer was born in 1942, New York City.
Don't wait up: It's too late . . .
No time like the present . . .
Sunday, February 8, 2026. It's Sol's day . . . A welcome rain shower greeted TulseyTown this morning. Forecasts indicate easy breezes and a bit of sunshine afternoon in the low 70's.
Those who contemplate the beauty of the Earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. – Rachel Carson
Novelist John Grisham is 71 today. The prolific author was born in 1955 Jonesboro, Arkansas.
Poet Elizabeth Bishop was born on this day in 1911 Worcester, Massachusetts.
And it's the birthdate of the “father of science fiction,” Jules Verne. He was born in 1828 Nantes, France.
Cry, the Beloved Country – Robert Reich, Sunday Thought. 2.8.26
In your heart you know, as we do we all, that we are all responsible for what happens in our communities, in our country. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American. posted last night for today.
It's in falling down that we learn almost everything that matters spiritually. Fr. Richard Rohr, A Story For All Time, Meditations, The Center for Action and Contemplation, 2.8.26.
People who do not know how to practice The Way . . . are trying to use The Way to seek the way beyond . . . Before, when you were deluded, it wasn't too late; now you finally realize it isn't too early. – Pao-chih, “The Nonduality Of Enlightenment and Affliction,” The Zen Reader, edited by Thomas Cleary, Shambhala, 2019.