No time to build fences . . .

It's Tew's day . . . it's sunshine, Southerlies, and upper 80's today in TulseyTown … what's not to like?

Today in 1989 London, Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities was first published in serial form. It was a major success with 125,000 sold. Said today to be the best selling novel of all time, it is now in public domain.

Annie Dillard turns 79 today. She was born in 1945 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her non-fiction novel Pilgrim at Tinker Creek was awarded The Pulitzer Prize in 1975.

The first public television broadcast in the United States was made at the New York World's Fair today in 1939 by The National Broadcasting Company (NBC).

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way— Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities.

Completely outside the box, I found a new/old, eco-friendly substitute for the war-mongering National Anthem . . .

Happy, joy, free, peace.