The night belongs to lovers . . .
It's a Satyr's day . . .
Today is the birth date of short-story writer, poet, and novelist (Joseph) Rudyard Kipling, born in 1865 Bombay, India,
Novelist Douglas Coupland turns 62 today. He was born on a Canadian military base in 1961 Baden-Solingen, Germany.
Bo Diddley was born on this date in 1928 McComb, Mississippi.
And, Patti Smith turns 77 today. The poet, rock songwriter, and singer was born in 1946, Chicago, Illinois. See “The night” below.
Also, Tom Smothers has found a new gig, now in memory
“This grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere; the dew is never all dried at once; a shower is forever falling; vapor ever rising. Eternal sunrise, eternal sunset, eternal dawn and gloaming, on seas and continents and islands, each in its turn, as the round earth rolls.” – John Muir
My ambition is to be a friendly lunatic uncle. . .avoid retirement at all costs. It’s a shipload of purposelessness. . .It’s better to be a fool in the world than to have no occupation at all. — Garrison Keillor
Contentment is a synonym for loneliness, cool loneliness, settling down with cool loneliness. - Pema Chodron