The invisible thing's secretary . . .
Friday, October 2, 2026.
It's Frigg's day . . . Moderate to strong Northerlies are in the forecasts for GreenCountry today. TulseyTown is to be cloudy overcast with cool mid 70's and a slight rain chance.
Today is the birthdate of Mahatma Gandhi, born in 1869, Porbandar, India.
Poet Wallace Stevens was born on this day in 1879 Reading, Pennsylvania.
Today is the birthdate of Graham Greene. The author of The End of the Affair was born in 1904 Hertfordshire, England.
Fashion designer Donna Karan is 78 today, born in 1948, Forest Hills, New York.
And, today in 1950 The comic strip Peanuts made its debut.
How about autowars? – Robert Reich, The Nighmare. 10.1.26
Trump built a “Haunted House.” Polls show it’s about to be burned to the ground. – Miles Taylor, Defiance. 10.1.26
[Note: ChatGTP aided the research for the following . . .]
Over the past twenty years ten states have botched death penalty executions. Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. Each has conducted an execution involving unexpected problems or delays that arguably caused unnecessary suffering leading to the conclusion: capital punishment cannot preserve human dignity and the rule of law. At the core, the question remains: Should a system that can't keep a child safe have the power to kill them as an adult?
A Secretary of the Invisible Thing
This is the exact phrase Milosz uses to describe
himself and other poets, not one
who dictates but one who takes dictation.
. . .
William Blake used to wander in his garden
naked. The question isn't Did Blake really see
angels in his apple tree? But Why can't we?
Whatever you are, whoever I'm taking this dictation from,
take your time putting out [this fire] me out.
– Lance Larsen, “Secretary of the Invisible Thing,” Rattle Chapbook Prize. 2026. Read the entire poem.
Doing what we can . . .
Thursday, October 1, 2026. It's Thor's day . . . Rain, clouds, 70's … the Fall transition is under way. Northerlies return this evening to TulseyTown and GreenCountry.
The only poll that really matters is when votes are counted on November 3. Turnout is critical and it’s also important to remember that not everyone around you may be registered to vote, and not everyone has a plan. That means there’s work for all of us to do; this is the time to do whatever you can do. – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse, posted last night.
[The] connections between the higher prices Americans are paying and the corruption of the Trump regime and its Republican enablers need to be widely understood. The richest Americans and biggest corporations have made out like bandits — and average working Americans are paying dearly for what the bandits have stolen. – Robert Reich, The Rot At The Top. 10.1.26
Cowboy mentality. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American. Posted for today
Trump used to buy TV ads to lure gamblers into his casinos and bolster his brand. Now he’s just using your taxpayer dollars.-- Miles Taylor, Defiance.
Today in 1868 "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott was published in America by Roberts Brothers of Boston
Julie Andrews is 91 today, born in 1935 Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England.
And, the laureate actor/singer Richard Harris was born today in 1930 Overdale, 8 Landsdown Villas, Ennis Road, Limerick, Ireland.
Is MacArther Park still melting?
Embarrassed. Again.
Wednesday, September 30, 2026. It's Odin's day . . . a 50/50 chance for rain is in the GreenCountry forecasts. Meaning, of course “either it will or it won't” mainly before noon. Otherwise, strong Southerlies visit TulseyTown this afternoon along with mid 80's.
Today is the birthdate of Elie Wiesel. The Holocaust survivor documentarian was born in 1928, Sighet, Romania.
It's also the birthdate of novelist Truman Capote, born in 1924 New Orleans, Louisiana. He gave us In Cold Blood, and Breakfast At Tiffany's while contributing to the creation of the “new journalism” emerging in the 1950's and '60's.
And, U.S. Poet Laureate, translator, and environmental activist W.S. Merwin was born on this day in1927 New York City.
Republicans continue to embarrass themselves going after Jack Smith , , , again. – Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.
God doesn’t participate in the honor-and-shame system. – Fr. Richard Rohr, “Subverting the Honor-and-Shame System,” Meditations, at The Center for Action and Contemplation.