Saturday, October 8, 2011
[1871 - Legend has it Mrs. O'Leary's cow kicked over a lantern, starting the great Chicago fire]
[1890 - Eddie Rickenbacker, aviator, WW-I flying ace, Medal of Honor winner, born in Columbus, Ohio]
[1917 - Walter Lord, author, born in Baltimore, Maryland]
[1920 - Frank Herbert, sci-fi writer, born in Tacoma, Washington]
[1930 - Donald Lewis Kaufman, toy collector,
retail mogul (K-B Toys}, born
in Pittsfield, Massachusetts]
[1948 - Claude Jade (Jorre), actress, born in
Dijon, France]
[1961 - Paul Hornung sets Green Bay Packer record for points scored in a game (33)]
Our path is sleep's courtship.
The very young fight her;
The very old embrace her.
Between, unsatisfied, we chase her.
At last we seduce her.
Then once she is ours,
Can't we just be friends?
Comes a night that never ends.
William's Whimsical Words:
Now I lay me down to sleep . . . .
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