The weather here in Southern California rarely strays from the script: sunny to partly sunny to partly cloudy on a dependable loop that keeps us spoiled and sun-kissed most of the year.
But last night, the sky turned a dramatic, moody gray. And around bedtime, the skies finally opened up and rain poured. Real, steady, drumming-on-the-rooftop rain. The kind that hushes the world and invites you to curl up under a blanket and close your eyes for a good night’s rest.
It’s still raining outside my window as I write this, a rare and gentle soundtrack to ease me into the day. I’ll enjoy it while it lasts….
I got a later start than usual writing today’s newsletter. I woke up and had a lovely early-morning video call with a friend halfway around the world. Our conversation lingered like a favorite song: comforting, full of laughter, and light. It was the kind of exchange that reminds me how deeply connection matters, no matter the distance or mode of communication.
Now, with the call over and rain slowing down, I feel renewed. Slowed down too. Grounded in the quiet beauty of it all.
Sometimes all it takes is a little rain and a good conversation to wash the dust off my spirit and remind me how sweet life really is.
Thank you for being a friend!
Clint 🌈✌️
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FYC = FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
ON THIS DAY = OCTOBER 14
BIRTHDAYS
1856 = Vernon Lee = British writer 🌈
1869 = Joseph Duveen, 1st Baron Duveen = English art dealer
1888 = Katherine Mansfield = New Zealand writer and critic 🌈
1893 = Lillian Gish = American actor
1894 = E. E. Cummings = American poet and playwright
1905 = Ruth Bernhard = American photographer 🌈
1909 = Dorothy Kingsley = American screenwriter and producer
1916 = C. Everett Koop = American admiral and surgeon
1927 = Roger Moore = English actor and produce
1928 = Joyce Bryant = American actor and singer
1939 = Ralph Lauren = American fashion designer
1940 = Christopher Timothy = Welsh actor, director, and screenwriter
1940 = Cliff Richard = Indian-English singer-songwriter and actor
1944 = Udo Kier = German-American actor and director 🌈
1950 = Joey Travolta = American actor, director, and producer
1952 = Harry Anderson = American actor and screenwriter
1952 = Rick Aviles = American comedian and actor 🌈
1953 = Greg Evigan = American actor
1958 = Thomas Dolby = English singer-songwriter
1961 = Isaac Mizrahi = American fashion designer and tv presenter 🌈
1963 = Lori Petty = American actor
1965 = Steve Coogan = English actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
1967 = Stephen A. Smith = American television personality
1969 = David Strickland = American actor
1970 = Jon Seda = American actor
1974 = Natalie Maines = American singer-songwriter
1978 = Usher = American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
1987 = Jay Pharoah = American actor and comedian
1988 = Max Thieriot = American actor
EVENTS
1884 = George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.
1888 = Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.
1954 = White Christmas is released in theaters.
1964 = Martin Luther King Jr. receives the Nobel Peace Prize for combating racial inequality through nonviolence.
1973 = Mean Streets is released in theaters.
1977 = Anita Bryant is hit in the face with a fruit pie during a television appearance in Iowa.
1979 – The first National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights draws approximately 100,000 people.
1982 – POTUS Ronald Reagan proclaims a War on Drugs.
1994 = Pulp Fiction is released in theaters.
1995 = MADtv premieres on Fox.
HOLIDAYS + OBSERVANCES
LGBTQ History Month (October 1-31) 🌈🧐📚
National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15)
PORTRAIT + QUOTE OF THE DAY
“The more relaxed you can get, the better you’ll do.”
Isaac Mizrahi
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Or a lot of rain. ☔️