The Way runs on Bambi time . . .
Friday, August 21, 2026. It's Frigg's day . . . at 9 a.m. after welcome morning thunderstorms, another hot afternoon is in the forecasts for Green Country. Much like yesterday: Intense sun, real temperature at the century mark with an index of 107º
Although the rhythm of the waves beats a kind of time, it’s not clock or calendar time. It has no urgency. It’s timeless time. Because I know I’m listening to a rhythm which has been just the same for millions of years. And it takes you out of the world of relentlessly ticking clocks. Clocks, for some reason or other, always seem to be marching, and armies never march to anything but doom. But there’s no marching rhythm in the motion of waves. It harmonizes with the breath. It does not count our days...It’s the breathing of eternity, like the Brahmā of Indian mythology, who inhales and exhales, manifests and dissolves the worlds endlessly, for ever. As a mere conception, that sounds appalling and monotonous — until you listen to the breaking and washing of waves. — – Alan Watts, “The Wisdom of Water,” in Maria Popova's Marginalian.
It’s fascinating to watch your parents maintain that the sun rises in the west. – Garrrison Keillor, “Thanks Wisconsin, “ The Column, 8.14.26
The Battle For Western Civilization took place beginning on this day in 489 A.D. at Thermopylae. 300 Spartans prevailed against over 300,00 Persians.
On this day in 1942 the animated film Bambi had its theatrical release in the United States.
Novelist Robert Stone was born on this date in 1937 Brooklyn.
And, the pianist/band leader Count Basie was born was on this date in 1904 Red Bank, New Jersey.
Robots have a difficult time with theology . . .
Thursday, August 20, 2026. It's Thor's day . . . at 8:45 a.m. the heat continues in Green Country. Forecasts for TulseyTown indicate moderate Easterlies, 100º real temperature with an index of 108º by late afternoon. A slight chance exists for a Summer thunderstorm.
Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray. – Rumi
One of my fave poets, Heather McHugh, is 78 today. She was born in 1948 San Diego, California. Her latest book, the first in over a decade, is Muddy Matterhorn, Copper Canyon Press, 2020.
Today is the birthdate of Jacqueline Susann. The novelist and actress was born in1918 Philadelphia.
One of the most influential theologians of the twentieth century, Christian existentialist Paul Tillich was born on this date in 1886, Starzeddel, Brandenburg, Germany.
Startups are making the dream of a humanoid robot that does your chores sound like it’s around the corner, but the reality is different. Startups are making the dream of a humanoid robot that does your chores sound like it’s around the corner, but the reality is different. – Ajay Kumar, “Reality vs. Hype,” writing at Cnet.com.
The interaction of AI with social platforms could deepen the current chaos, but it is also the most plausible candidate to eventually tame the disorder. The new transcendent framework, whatever its content, will not arrive in spite of these technologies. It will arrive through them. – Macario Schettino, “The Rise & Fall Of Liberal Democracy’s Shared Fiction,” writing in NOEMA.
The political world has been consumed over the past few days with a Republican meltdown about Trump’s aide Natalie Harp. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.
Our national debt is exploding. So, guess who's raking it in at our expense? – Robert Reich, Who Gets Paid?
A ghost in the machine . . .
Wednesday, August 19, 2026, It's Odin's day . . . At 815 a.m. near record heat is in the Green Country forecasts. Moderate Westerlies with more triple digit afternoon temperatures visit TulseyTown's afternoon.
What would the world be like if Christians actually believed in a humble God? – Ilia Delio,
The Humility of God, Meditations, The Center for Action and Contemplation. 8.13.26
In Trump’s Washington, America’s business leaders show the spinal fortitude of red licorice. – Miles Taylor, “Pick a Side, You Cowards,” Defiance.
The reign of the corporate democrats is coming to an end. – Robert Reich, The Last Stand. Posted for today.
It’s fascinating to watch your parents maintain that the sun rises in the west. – Garrrison Keillor, “Thanks Wisconsin, “The Column,
Today is the birthdate of Gene Roddenberry. The creator of the Star Trek television series was born in 1921 El Paso, Texas.
One of the two aircraft pioneer Wright brothers, Orville Wright, was born in on this date in 1871 Dayton, Ohio.
The humor poet Ogden Nash was born in 1902, Rye, N.Y.
President Bill Clinton is 80 today, born in 1946, Hope, Arkansas.
The French fashion designer Coco Chanel was born on this date in 1883, Saumur, France. She ruled Parisian haute couture for almost six decades.
The “natural language” philosopher Gilbert Ryle was born today in 1900 Brighton, Sussex, England. He challenged what he deemed “the incoherent dogma of Cartesianism” and labeled it as the doctrine of “the ghost-in-the-machine.”
“The door of a bigoted mind opens outwards so that the only result of the pressure of facts upon it is to close it more snugly.” ― Ogden Nash