Saturday
Mar. 2, 1996
Invitation to Miss Marianne Moore
Today's reading: "Invitation to Miss Marianne Moore" by Elizabeth Bishop from COMPLETE POEMS, published by Farrar Straus Giroux.
The 1,049 mile Iditarod dog sled race begins today in Anchorage, Alaska.
The San Francisco Chinese New Year Golden Dragon Parade is held today.
It's Texas Independence Day, celebrating Texas independence from Mexico in 1836.
German composer Kurt Weill was born on this day in Dessau in 1900.
It's the birthday of children's author, Dr. Seuss, born in Springfield, Mass in 1904.
Author John Irving (The World According to Garp) turns 54 today.
Be well, do good work, and keep in touch.®