Monday
Jan. 13, 1997
My Neighbor's Pants
Today's Reading:"My Neighbor's Pants" by Hunt Hawkins from THE DOMESTIC LIFE, published by University of Pittsburgh Press.
It's the birthday of novelist Horatio Alger in Chelsea, Massachusetts, 1832, who wrote about poor boys who rose to greatness through hard work and perseverance.
Western novelist A.B. Guthrie (BIG SKY) was born on this day in 1901.
The first radio broadcast to the public was made on this day in 1910 when Lee de Forest set up a microphone for Enrico Caruso at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.
It's the birthday of Michael Bond in Newbury, England, 1926, whose Paddington Bear stories were based on a bear he bought for his children.
Author Jay McInerney (BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY) was born on this day in Hartford, Connecticut, 1955.
Be well, do good work, and keep in touch.®