Friday
May 3, 1996
Today's Reading: "Of Mollusks" by May Sarton from THE COLLECTED POEMS OF MAY SARTON, published by W. W. Norton & Company
The Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival begins in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana.
Italian writer Niccolo Machiavelli was born in Florence in 1469.
Journalist Jacob August Riis was born in Ribe, Denmark in 1849.
Poet, writer May Sarton was born in Wondelgem, Belgium in 1912.
American playwright William Inge was born in Independence, Kansas in 1913.
It's the birthday of folk singer Pete Seeger, born in New York City in 1919.
Singer James Brown was born in Barnwell, South Carolina in 1933.
Be well, do good work, and keep in touch.®