Thursday
Dec. 25, 1997
The Camel
Today's Reading: "The Camel" by Carmen Bernas de Gasztold from THE CREATURE'S CHOIR, translated from the French by Rumer Godden, published by Viking Press.
Today is Christmas Day, the first day of the twelve days of Christmas which extends to January 6, the Feast of the Epiphany.
It was on this day in 1776 that George Washington led the Continental Army across the Delaware to attack the Hessian troops encamped at Trenton, New Jersey; a turning point in the Revolutionary War.
It's the birthday of the founder of the Red Cross, Civil War nurse Clara Barton, born in Oxford, Massachusetts, in 1821.
Jazz trombonist and creator of scat singing, Kid Ory, was born in Louisiana on this day in 1886.
Singer and bandleader Cab Calloway was born on this day in Rochester, New York, 1907.
Be well, do good work, and keep in touch.®