Staying at home on the Sabbath . .

.Sol is shining on a frozen dawn here in Northeast Okieland . . .

Today is the 193rd anniversary of Emily Dickinson's birth in 1830 Amherst, Massachusetts.

On this day in 1901, the first Nobel Prizes were distributed. The event was held on the fifth anniversary of the death of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel. The Nobel Prizes have not been without controversy. Some have been worthy of the tabloids.

And in 1884 Mark Twain's classic novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published.

Some keep the Sabbath going to church

Some keep the Sabbath going to church —
I keep it, staying at Home —
With a Bobolink for a Chorister —
And an Orchard, for a Dome —

Some keep the Sabbath in Surplice —
I just wear my Wings —
And instead of tolling the Bell, for Church,
Our little Sexton — sings.

God preaches, a noted Clergyman —
And the sermon is never long,
So instead of getting to Heaven, at last —
I'm going, all along.

– Emily Dickinson

The beginning of awe is wonder, and the beginning of wisdom is awe. —Abraham Joshua Heschel