How high the hill . . .

Friday, February 13, 2026. It's Freya's (Frigg's) day . . .Moderate Southeasterlies are forecasted to bring rain to TulseyTown overnight tonight and all day Saturday. Mid 70's with increasing clouds this afternoon ahead of the rain.

In the wilderness and the garden at the same time. – Thomas Merton, in Meditations from The Center for Action an Contemplation.

So, what's the big deal with Friday the 13th? Well, whatever you do, don't say the name the name of Shakespeare's “Scottish Play” if/when you are inside a theatre.

Landscape painter Grant Wood was born on this day near Anamosa, Iowa in 1891.

Peter Gabriel is 75 today. The English singer, songwriter, musician, and human rights activist was born in 1950, Woking, Surrey, England. The original frontman of the rock band Genesis (Carpet Crawlers). His solo work career has earned him a double hand-full of music award laureates.

Climbing up that eternal hill . . .

Pandora lives . . .

Thursday, February 12, 2026. It's Thor's day . . . a mild day is in the forecasts for TulseyTown. Sun, a few clouds and low 70's after noon.

Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln were both born on this same day in 1809. Lincoln was born near Hodgenville, Kentucky. And Darwin was born across the pond in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.

Heather Cox Richardson reflected on Lincoln's legacy in Letters From An American, posted last night. In it, she reminded us of what we have at stake today.

Judy Blume is 88 today. The children and young adult author of more than 25 novels was born in 1938 Elizabeth, New Jersey.

The Epstein mess prompted a response from Sophie Strand yesterday: “. . . for now, I’m looking to the bonobos.” – Sophie Strand, “The Sacred Negative” on Make Me Good Soil, 02.11.26

Robert Reich sees the D.C. grand jury action in the “illegal orders” case as indicative of a citizens' revolt.

Pam the ICE Queen. – Joyce Vance, Civil Discourse.

Pandora Station

Chaos

has an

order

all

its

own.

– jab

When will we find love . . .

Wednesday, February 11, 2026. It's Odin's day . . . sunshine, some clouds and low 60's are in the forecasts for TulseyTown. Easy Northerlies make for a cool afternoon.

Searching for the treasure, you've endured much trouble. Hear this truth:

You are the treasure and the veil hiding it. – Rumi

It was on this day in 1858 that St. Bernadette had her first visions of Mary at Lourdes.

Today is the birth date of Thomas Edison. The inventor that brought us into the electric age was born in 1847, Milan, Ohio.

The philosopher/mathematician René Descartes was born on this day in 1596, La Haye, Touraine, France.

Pico Iyer is 68 today. The novelist essayist and travel writer was born to Indian parents in 1957 Oxford, England.

Multi-laureate awarded actor, Jennifer Aniston is 57 today. born in 1969, Sherman Oaks, California.

Another multi laureate actor, Damian Lewis, is 55, born today in 1971, London, England..

It's also the birthday of film director, producer, and screenwriter Joseph L. Mankiewicz. The Academy Award multi-laureate was born in 1909 Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

When will we find love. – bell hooks, Toward a Revolution of Love, Lion's Roar, January 2026.

I Traveled to Every City

there was none like the city of Love.

This pen feels no pride or shame.

It doesn't laud or lash itself.

It knows it traverses the unknown.

The mind can't contain these paradoxes –

how the pen surrenders form to the formless,

giving the formless form.

…

Who am I when Love obliterates the I

I thought I was, drawing me from one path,

leading me on another?

I could tell you,

but every time I get to this point

the tip of my pen breaks.

– Rumi, “I Traveled to Every City,” in Water, Translated by Haleh Liza Gafori, New York Review Books, 2025.