The inner voice does not speak in clichés.
Thursday, April 16, 2026. It's Thor's day . . . morning clouds are forecasted to part from TulseyTown by around the Noon hour. Moderate Southerlies are to bring a slight rain chance with mid 80's for a warm Spring day to all of Green Country.
April 14, 1865 – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.
This world has revealed itself to be radically out of balance. The poison of the patriarchy has brought us perilously close to the edge of global annihilation. We all need the Divine Feminine. – Mirabai Starr, “In Which An Older White Guy Teaches Me To Worship The Goddess,” on substack, 4.14.26
Forgiveness, repentance, repair – Maria Popova, in TheMarginalian.
Scarcity dictates what’s meaningful. When you are alone, a relationship feels meaningful. When you’re in a relationship, time to yourself feels meaningful. When you are overworked, time off feels meaningful. When you have plenty of downtime, work feels meaningful. The scarcity never gets solved, it simply changes form. – Mark Manson.
The changing form of scarcity is above our heads. The number of satellites is escalating and headed for a cataclysmic mess that could end space exploration. Full stop. Musk is leading the way to this potental disaster. But he's not alone.
Impeach him now. – Robert Reich, We Are In Great Danger, on substack this morning.
Today is the birthdate of essayist and short-story writer Carol Bly, born Carol McLean in 1930 Duluth, Minnesota.
Sociable people have the most trouble hearing their unconscious. They have trouble getting rid of clichés because clichés are sociable. – Carol Bly
Big Bird still has its feathers . . .
Wednesday, April 15, 2026. It's Odin's day . . . The forecasts for Green Country and TulseyTown indicate strong Southerlies and a 60% chance of thunderstorms during the afternoon with upper 70's.
The Hungarian version of Trump and MAGA hopeful Victor Orbán was overwhelmingly rejected on April 12th handing victory to Péter Magyar and the center-right, pro-European Tisza party. The event is fueling signs of political change elsewhere. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.
Stephen Miller's Strait of Hormuz – Robert Reich on substack, 4.14.26
Years from now, if the world order collapses, historians will trace it back to something more mundane than a nuclear war or a deadly pathogen. “It began,” they’ll write, “with a single man’s insatiable need for chaos.” A weapon of mass distraction, if you will. – MilesTaylor, in Defiance, 4.14.26
Today is the birthdate of Henry James, born in 1843 New York City. He was a prolific author of 20 novels, 112 stories, 12 plays, and several books of travel and criticism.
Leonardo da Vinci was born on this day in 1452 Vinci, Italy.
At least for now, Big Bird is alive and kicking. – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse.
Decades of grapes . . .
It's Tiw's day . . . a mostly cloudy day in Green Country. Forecasts for TulseyTown indicate moderate to strong Southerlies bringing increasing thunderstorm chances by evening and tonight. Low 80's afternoon.
This evening in 1865 Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was shot at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the following day.
Tonight in 1912 the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg on its way from Southampton, England, to New York City. Of the 2,000 aboard, an estimated 1500 died.
Inflation is rising and likely to get a whole lot worse. The tip of Trump's ice-berg. – Heather Cox Richardson in Letters From An American.
Here’s a thought experiment: if your boss is a danger to himself and other people, who do you go to first? His family? His friends? The police? And what if your boss is the president of the United States? JD Vance should be asking himself these questions. – Miles Taylor, Tracking Trump's Mental Breakdown, Defiance, 4.13.26
Trump's God complex. – Robert Reich, It's Getting Worse, substack post. 1.13.26.
The Human Genome Project ended after 13 years of extensive research with the publication of results on this day in 2003. But that wasn't the end.
The international screen actor laureate Julie Christie is 85 today. born in 1940 or 1941 Assam, India.
The English actor, producer, and director, considered one of the greatest performers of his generation on stage and screen, particularly in his Shakespearean roles, John Gielgud was born on this date in 1904, London, England.
John Steinbeck's classic novel The Grapes of Wrath was published on this day in 1939.
Ralph Ellison's debut novel, Invisible Man, was published in 1952. Ellison was born in Oklahoma.
And, it's Loretta Lynn's birthday. The country music singer and songwriter, in a career spanning six decades was born in 1932, Butcher Hollow, Kentucky.
April is Poetry Month … so …
Carbon Dating
He tried it once
as a last resort,
but most of the women
were a million years old.
– Billy Collins, “Carbon Dating,” from Musical Tables: Poems. Random House, 2022.