When the absurd makes sense
It's the Moon's day … now beginning its waning presence on this morning's Western horizon …
Lots of birthdays in the mailbox …
Today's musicians:
Violinist Hilary Hahn was born on this day in 1979 Lexington, Virginia and its the birth date of Jimi Hendrix in 1942 Seattle, Washington.
Film notarieties included the first woman to win an Academy Award for best director – Kathryn Bigelow – born today in 1951 San Carlos, California; and actor Bruce Lee was born in 1940, San Francisco.
Yesterday's birthdays included the “Queen of Rock ‘n Roll” Tina Turner in 1939, Brownsville, Tennessee; cartoonist Charles Schulz in 1922, Minneapolis; and Eugène Ionesco, playwright and developer of Theatre of the Absurd in 1909, Slatina, Romania (I played in Ionesco’s Rhinoceros back in the ‘60’s at Tulsa University Theatre. Beaumont Bruestle directing).
According to Garrison Keillor, 237 years ago today Scottish poet Robert Burns borrowed a pony and made his way from his home in Ayrshire to the city of 1786 Edinburgh. Check the link and scroll down to mid page ...
And last, but by no means least, Casablanca, opened in theatres yesterday in 1942.