Preview …

 … Poetry Stories: Adjustments.

Making matters plain …

…  The pernicious fallacy of AI understanding and creativity ~ Bernardo Kastrup, PhD, PhD. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

Something to think on …

To clasp the hands in prayer is the beginning of an uprising against the disorder of the world.

— Karl Barth, born on this date in 1886

Word for today …

… Fulcrum | Word Genius.

Let us pray …

 … to the Little Flower —  Miraculous Invocation to St. Therese.

Watch the conversation with Google …

… it’s pretty appalling — (1) The Persian Jewess (@persianjewess) / X

Q&A …

… Evelyn Waugh | American Enterprise Institute - AEI. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

The first American …

 … Highly recommended biography by H. W. Brands.

Interference with nature …

 … Hmm… another part of Margaret Sanger’s legacy.

A word for today …

… Sedulous | Word Genius.

Let us pray …

 … to the Little Flower — Miraculous Invocation to St. Therese.

Something to think on …

With morality we correct the mistakes of our instincts, and with love we correct the mistakes of our morals.

— José Ortega y Gasset, born on this date in 1883

I don’t know why …

… First Circuit unsure if Boston can keep the devil at bay | Courthouse News Service.

It seems to me the First Amendment covers people who worship Satan. I was at a Satanist gathering many years ago. I had to keep myself from laughing, and failed at least once. But it’s their choice.

Blogging note …

 I have had much to do around the house today. Blogging will resume when I have time. Maybe later tonight.

Maybe sometime tomorrow.

Hmm …

… Most Dementia Patients 'Return' Before Death And It's Unclear Why : ScienceAlert:.

Perhaps it’s this: Terminal lucidity.

Distinguished American …

 … Son of a farmer begins journey to White House.

We all know him …

 … Today’s Poem: Mr. Nobody. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

Something to think on …

It's impossible to lose your footing when you're on your knees.

— Fulton Sheen, born on this date in 1895

The adventure of collective nouns …

… Playing the Venereal Game | George Weigel | First Things. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

The book’s title, an “exaltation of larks,” may be as good as the venereal game gets. But let’s not leave the animal kingdom without noting the appositeness of a “pod of seals,” a “murder of crows,” a “rafter of turkeys,” a “skulk of foxes,” a “colony of penguins,” a “parliament of owls,” an “ostentation of peacocks,” and a “bouquet of pheasants.”

A word for today …

… Prescient | Word Genius.

Let us pray …

 … to the Little Flower — Miraculous Invocation to St. Therese.

Sure does …

… (18) Pushback Works - by Glenn Harlan Reynolds.

Arising from WW2 ashes of defeat …

 … It all began with an electric rice cooker in 1946.

Both magical and familiar …

… Half Moon, Small Cloud.. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

There is a zoom option at the bottom of the page.

By one of favorite poets …

 … Today’s Poem: The Pool. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

Something to think on …

Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's a heaven for?

— Robert Browning, born on this date in 1812 

Encouraging news …

 … Here’s the Latest Proof of the ‘Exciting Rebirth’ of Catholic Poetry in the US. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

Wilson labors to make poetry more accessible to the reading public. He eschews deliberately obscure or ambiguous verse in favor of clarity of message. At the same time, Wilson is a strong supporter of rhyme and meter, the pleasing arrangement of wording in rhythmic verse

A word for today …

… Frangible - Word Daily.

Let us pray …

 … to the Little Flower — Miraculous Invocation to St. Therese.

And the winners are …

 … Here are this year’s Pulitzer Prize winners.  (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

Final scene for famous funny man …

 … Slapstick comic suffered stroke on final day of filming.

Mind your own business …

…. Jagger and Republican Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry trade barbs | Blaze Media.

Hey Mick, you’re not an American citizen. So who gives a damn what you think?

Something to think on …

The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy.

— Theodore White, born on this date in 1915

A word for today …

… Exoplanet - Word Daily.

Let us pray …

 … to the Little Flower — Miraculous Invocation to St. Therese.

Our town …

… Paul Davis On Crime: My Crime Fiction: Officer Mack.

Seems like yesterday …

 …. Remembering the first time (it lasted 15 minutes) in 1961.

Best laid plans…

 …  Making time for the flood and eleven other subjects.

Listen in …

 …and more —  Hitting The Links: 5/5/24.

Exaggerated rhetoric …

 …  Diane Montagna Interviews Edward Feser on ‘Dignitas infinita’. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

A poem for today …

 … . Gregerson — Slaters’ Measure

Not your usual book gathering …

… Readers Take Denver likened to 'Fyre Festival of books.

In-depth portrait …

 … Orwell's Arresting Ambiguities. (Hat tip,Dave Lull)

The fact that Orwell was not all of a piece and contained contradictions within himself is what lends depth to his work. There may be better books about Orwell than this, but if so I do not know them. 

Enjoy …

… (18) TSDK No. 49. Massive Luxury Overdose.

Precedence …

 … They’re very close to us, the dead.

A word for today …

… Précis —Daily.

Let us pray …

 … to the Little Flower —= Miraculous Invocation to St. Therese.

Something to think on …

The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.

— Søren Kierkegaard, born on this date in 1813

Drifting toward another world …

 … Sleep is a drug; dreams its succor.

Path between the seas …

 … Altering world trade and the Central American landscape.

Sleep and death …

… Zealotry of Guerin: Poetry and Fiction by Christopher Guerin: On a Dreamed Report of Death.

Something to think on …

Self-interest, be it enlightened, works indirectly for the public good.

— William H. Prescott, born on this date in 1796

The way things were …

… The Lamp Magazine | Contours of a Spiritual Universe. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

The spirit that guided those wonderful old Yankees was a marvelous blend of their religious beliefs and the ethos of neighborly accommodation that pervaded the almost-lost world of small New England townships.

A word for today …

… Complaisant | Word Genius.

Let us pray …

 … to the Little. Flower — Miraculous Invocation to St. Therese.

Haiku …

 Wilting peonies

Like voluptuous women

Sliding towards ruin

Jennifer Knox

Quite a trio …

…Paul Davis On Crime: My Washington Times 'On Crime' Column On Wild West Bank Robbers, A Notorious Traitor, And A Movie Star & Her Gangster Lover.

The General and the President …

 … Senate begins hearings into notorious “clash of the titans”

Between walls …

 … The broken pieces of a green bottle.

Something to think on …

Religion is a way of walking, not a way of talking

— William Inge, born on this date in 1913

A word for today …

… Benison | Word Genius.

Let us pray …

 …. To the Little Flower — Miraculous Invocation to St. Therese.

RIP …

…  Leading poetry critic Marjorie Perloff has died at 92: “Her passion was brilliant.”

Anarchy …

 … Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold.

Questions count as well …

 … Novelist Willa Cather’s great questions were deeper than science could answer.

Language does matter …

… (18) On Climate 'Theology' - by William F. Vallicella.

In case you wondered …

… What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire? | History Today.

May Reviews at North of Oxford …

 … Ugh by Carl Kaucher.

… The Heavy Lifting Companion, Bookwork by Felicia Rice, Poems by Theresa Whitehill.

… Another Saturday Night in Jukebox Hell by Alan Catlin.

… Late Epistle by Anne Myles.

… Peony Vertigo by Jan Conn.

… Pillow Thoughts by Courtney Peppernell.

Let us pray …

… Lincoln's Prayer for America on This National Day of Prayer - HillFaith.

About those protestors …

… Paul Davis On Crime: Radical Student Protestors From The 1960s To Today.

The enigmatic Baker Street sleuth Inbox …

 … Laurie King’s confessions about Sherlock Holmes.

Take a look at these …

… Photographer Explores the Abstract Beauty of Iceland's Rivers. (Hat tip, Rus. Bowden.) 

Something to think on …

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

— Novalis, born on this date in 1772

To Sleep …

 … Seal the hushed casket of my soul.

Very interesting …

 … Plato’s final hours recounted in scroll found in Vesuvius ash. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

A poem for today …

 … Bill Knott — Lesson.

A word for today …

… Cartomancy - Word Daily.

Let us pray …

 … to the Little Flower — Miraculous Invocation to St. Therese.

RIP

 … “One of the most successful instrumentalists in rock history”: Duane Eddy, rock guitar pioneer, dies at 86.

Baker Street News …

 … “Well, I’ve just written a new Sherlock Holmes adventure!”

Something to think on…

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience.

— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, born on this date in 1882

Today’s poem …

 … Confused about the Ivy League. (Hat tip, Dave. Lull.)

This site has no industrial crane …

 … Getting out of bed after surgery.

A word for today …

… Basilisk - Word Daily.

Let us pray …

 … to the Little Flower — Miraculous Invocation to St. Therese.

Indeed

… Paul Davis On Crime: A Dark Day In American History: Today Is The Anniversary Of The Fall Of South Vietnam.

Death has difficult days …

 … Eyes fastened with pins.

Tracking the decline …

… PEN America has surrendered over Israel - UnHerd

A poem …

 … Evictions By Michael Longley, (hat tip, Dave. Lull..)

Something to think on …

There is nothing that is comparable to it, as satisfactory or as thrilling, as gathering the vegetables one has grown.

— Alice B.Toklas, born on this date in 1877

A word for today …

… Recherché | Word Genius.

Let us pray …

 … to the Little Flower  —= Miraculous Invocation to St. Therese.

Quite a tale …

… (18) Notes on the Asylum Where I Was Raised.

Good question …

…Go State U! Why pay a premium for a 'polarizing' degree?

Not so macho after all …

 … Generous And Reflective’: Letters Show Other Sides To Macho Ernest Hemingway.

One place to begin …

 … Explain yourself over and over.

Girl power! …

 … 17-year-old peasant leads a French force against British.

Another word …

… Adduce | Word Genius.

Check out these books at your library …

 … Agatha Christie’s Top 10 Books, Ranked.

Something to think on …

To certain people there comes a day when they must say the great Yes or the great No.

— Constantine P. Cavafy, born on this date in 1863