Spontaneous Acquiescence . . .
Sunday, May 10, 2026. It's Sol's day . . . Moderate to strong Northerlies are in the forecasts for Green Country and TulseyTown today. Generally cloudy and near 70º for a cool afternoon after a light morning gentle rain.
From love, to love, for love.
Today is Mother's Day.
Once More Round The Moon
For my mother, always two jobs, two stories, / two worlds even, in one movement, /
love and need and nothing / now or ever to separate the two.
– David Whyte, “Once More Around The Moon,” From Everything Is Waiting For You, Many Rivers Press, 2022.
My mother's crazy optimism. – Robert Reich, Sunday Thought.
Today is the birthday of Fred Astaire, born in 1899, Omaha, Nebraska. Regarded by many as the greatest popular-music dancer of all time, particularly in motion pictures where he was accompanied by another gifted dancer, Ginger Rogers. She was quoted as having said “I dance the same steps as Fred, only backward and in heels.” The pair were unequaled.
Bono is 66 today. The lead singer for the popular Irish rock band U2 and a prominent human rights activist was born in 1960, Dublin, Ireland..
Spontaneous Acquiescence
Every point you find impenetrable in the realm of navigating The Way is just your own mind making obstacles. Complete spontaneous acquiescence – [quiet assent to the present moment] – is the proper attitude for studying The Way. It doesn't matter if it takes five, twenty, or thirty years. In the space of spontaneous acquiescence you'll be naturally at peace without the slightest bit of doubt or confusion. It may come, go, and come again, but it's the only Way – Zhongfeng Mingben (Chinese) Chungfeng Ming-pen (Japanese).
It's a state of mind . . .
Saturday, May 9, 2026. It's the Satyr's day . . . Moderate Southerlies, sunny skies and mid 80's are in the forecasts for Green Country and TulseyTown. There's a chance for thunderstorms tomorrow morning early, before sunrise chases them away.
In case you were wondering what kind of news day yesterday was, Heather Cox Richichardson fills us in, in Letters From An American.
Another in the “truly great” film categories, Alfred Hitchcock's psychological thriller Vertigo, starring James Stewart and Kim Novak, premiered in San Francisco. It remains widely regarded as one of the greatest movies ever.
Laureate stage and film actor Albert Finney was born today in 1936, Salford, Lancashire [now in Greater Manchester], England.
It's the birthday of the creator of Peter Pan, J.M. Barrie, born in 1860, Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland.
Poet and essayist Charles Simic was born on this day in 1938 Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
And, The Piano Man, Billy Joel, is 79 today, born in 1949, Bronx, New York. The only state of mind he's ever been in.
Supernatural . . .
Friday, May 8, 2026. It's Freya's day . . . Forecasts for Green Country and TulseyTown indicate a chance for thunderstorms late afternoon, ending around sunset. Strong, gusty Southerlies with low 80's.
How can we know what a moment needs when we are not yet in it? Trust the moment knows, if you are present enough to listen.
The future of the democratic party. – Robert Reich, substack, 5.8.26
Poet Gary Snyder is 96 today. The poet, essayist, lecturer, and environmental activist was born in 1930 San Francisco.
Novelist Thomas Pynchon is 89, born in1937 Glen Cove, New York.
And, today is the 100th birthday of the naturalist broadcaster David Attenborough, born in 1926, Isleworth, London, England.
A Dent In A Bucket
Hammering a dent out of a bucket
a woodpecker
answers from the woods
– Gary Snyder, “A Dent in a Bucket,” from Danger on Peaks, Counterpoint Press, 2004.