That fickle finger . . .

In Monday's mailbox . . .

Emily Dickinson died 137 years ago today in 1886 Amherst, Massachusetts.

Its the 133rd anniversary of Katherine Anne Porter's birth. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author was born Callie Russell Porter in 1890 Indian Creek, Texas. She gave us Ship of Fools among others.

It's the 167th anniversary of Frank Baum's birth. The Wizard of Oz author was born on this date in 1856 Chittenango, New York

And, today in 1869 Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony formed the National Woman Suffrage Association.

Fame is a fickle food

Upon a shifting plate

Whose table once a

Guest but not

The second time is set

Whose crumbs the crows inspect

And with ironic caw

Flap past it to the

Farmer’s corn

Men eat of it and die – Emily Dickenson

Fame is an old story and the nameless are a delightful mystery. – Garrison Keillor