Tuesday, July 18, 2006
[1811 - William Makepeace Thackeray, author, born in Calcutta, India]
[1906 - Clifford Odets, playwright, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]
[1914 - Joe Hill sentenced to death in Utah (later executed)]
[1918 - Start of the WW-1 Battle of Aisne-Marne]
[Aisne-Marne Cemetery & Memorial]
[1929 - Screamin' Jay (Jalacy) Hawkins, R&B singer, pianist, born in Cleveland, Ohio]
Be Present
Writers live in the present because they know that something that is just about to happen may needs end up on the page.
[Aisne-Marne Memorial]
William's Whimsical Words:
Writers live in the present and soldiers die in it.
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