Hope's wings . . .

It's the Satyr's day . . . the beginning of the last hot stretch of Summer with Fall right on time starting one week away.

Heather Cox Richardson posted a great summary response to the Democratic National Convention.

Yesterday, in 1305 the Scottish national hero William Wallace was executed for treason in London.

Today is Dame A.S. Byatt's birthday. The English critic, novelist, poet and short-story writer was born on this date in 1936 Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. Dame Byatt authored the novel Possession which was named as the Booker Prize laureate in 1990, among many such awards in her lifetime. The novel – a romantic mystery – was a best-seller in both the U.K. and the U.S. It was adapted as a feature film in 2002, directed by Neil LaBute and starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Aaron Eckhart. Both are worth your time (and energy to locate).

It's also the birth date of Jorge Luis Borges. The short-story writer, poet and founder (as well as principal practitioner) of postmodernist literature was born in1899 Buenos Aires, Argentina. About Borges it has been said that reading his work for the first time is like discovering a new letter in the alphabet, or a new note in the musical scale.

I felt that Horus had come to me personally. I took to waving and saying, “Hello, Horus!” I was surprised the symbolically burdened bird didn’t fall out of the sky. – Sophie Strand