Good Morning Digital Neighbors! Happy Monday Friends & Refugees, Early Birds & Later Dayers, Conversants & Lurkers, PHAM & Dawn Patrol, ADD Irregulars & Vagabonds of the WSN! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend in your part of reality, we had outstanding weather in No-where's Missouri. Walk for the Poor on Saturday morning, pittering around the house in the afternoon and Poker out in the garage in the evening made for a full Saturday. Sunday of course is worship, the best time I spend throughout the week. It is hard to beat celebrating Redemption & Life, Divinity & Community, the Promise and its meaning. The joy of Sunday continued with a feast at Momma Keune's for brunch with beef stroganoff, homemade bread, and some fresh corn and peas. I had a nice post feasting nap, then played pickleball and walked the dog later in the afternoon. I rounded out the evening with a little YouTube & TV surfing and then turned in relatively early. I hope your weekend was a blessed as mine.
I think it will be a week of quotes about nature and beauty, I can never get enough of both in my life. Beauty lifts the heart & mind, nature heals the soul and grounds us in reality. Happy Monday Neighbors!
Today marks the three hundred and thirtieth birthday of the Frenchman François-Marie Arouet, better known by his nom de plume, Voltaire (1694-1778).
Born into a bourgeois family during the reign of Louis XIV, the “Sun King” (r. 1643-1715), Voltaire suffered tragedy at a young age when his mother died. Never close with his father or brother, Voltaire exhibited a rebellious attitude toward authority from his youth. His brilliant mind was fostered in the care of the Society of Jesus, who introduced him to the joys of literature and theater. Despite his later criticisms against the Church, Voltaire, throughout his life, fondly recalled his dedicated Jesuit teachers.
Although he spent time as a civil servant in the French embassy to the Hague, Voltaire’s main love was writing—an endeavor where he excelled in various genres, including poetry, which led to his appointment as the royal court poet for King Louis XV. Widely recognized as one of the greatest French writers, and even hyperbolically referred to by ...
Happy National Best Friends Day Y'all!
I strongly suggest combining celebrations for this with National Name Your Poison Day and National Jelly-Filled Doughnut Day. Think I'll have to wash a custard doughnut down with a cold beer later.
Padre - Tom Miller invites you to a Coffee Talk, Speakeasies, Schmoozes, Tea Times, Afterhours and other gatherings.
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2026 Coffee Talk with the ADD Irregulars
Thursday, January 1, 2026
6:00 AM - 8:00 AM (CST)
Occurs every day starting 1/1 until 12/31/2027
Coffee Talk - Daily beginning at 6:00 AM Central Time Zone - USA
White Pilled Wednesday - A break from the heaviness of news and current events to focus upon things more personal & positive for the first hour of Coffee Talk.
Afternoon Chats - Most Tuesday, Friday & Sundays 2:00 PM Central
Other chats as posted in the community.
