Monday
Jan. 26, 1998
A Thanksgiving to God for His House
Today's Reading: "A Thanksgiving to God for His House" by Robert Herrick.
Satirist Jules Feiffer, whose cartoons have appeared in the Village Voice since 1956, was born on this day in New York City, 1929.
Tin Pan Alley and Hollywood composer Jimmy Van Heusen ("Love and Marriage," "High Hopes," "Come Fly With Me"), was born in Syracuse, New York, in 1913.
Architect Julia Morgan, whose work included the Hearst Castle, a 129-room mansion that took nearly 20 years to complete, was born on this day in San Francisco in 1872.
Today is Australia Day, celebrating the first British settlement in 1788 which began as a penal colony. Britain put 570 men and 160 women on seven ships and sent them to Australia.
Be well, do good work, and keep in touch.®