Good morning! It's a wonderful morning. I woke up very early to wind and rain ... curiously, no thunder. It will be a lot cooler today, upper 60s; but the rain will probably ease off by afternoon. This is good news for all the lovely growing things! :)
Yesterday: I confess, I got very little done other than going to work. I started on a new phase of my current project ... and came home tired! LOL! So, I mainly just vegged in front of the TV. Hmmm ... wonder how that's different from any other night? LOL! I guess you can tell I'm a bit more of a morning person. :)
Today: I know I have a lot of things to do today. I don't know how much of it I'll actually accomplish ... gray days do tend to make me want to hibernate. But, I have to go out to pay the rent, so hopefully once I'm up and about I'll locate my lost energy and enthusiasm! :) At least I have the never-ending laundry going.
Today is "Great American Grump Out" ... "International Respect for Chickens Day" ... "National Day of Prayer" ... "Star Wars Day" ... "Independence Day (Rhode Island)" ... "Greenery Day (Japan)" ... "Memorial Day (Curacao)" ... "Youth Day (China)".
Quotes of the Day:
"The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself."
-- Mark Twain
"It is best to do things systematically, since we are only human, and disorder is our worst enemy."
-- Hesiod
"If you have made mistakes, even serious ones, there is always another chance for you. What we call failure is not the falling down but the staying down."
-- Mary Pickford
Today in history:
In 1494, on his second expedition to the New World, Columbus discovered Jamaica.
In 1904, construction began on the Panama Canal.
In 1953, "The Old Man and the Sea" by Ernest Hemingway awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
Today's birthdays include
- Educator Horace Mann in 1796
- English biologist and agnostic Thomas Huxley in 1825
- American landscape painter Frederic Church in 1826
- New York Roman Catholic Cardinal Francis Spellman in 1889
- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in 1928
- Musician Maynard Ferguson in 1928
- Actor Audrey Hepburn in 1929
- Opera singer Roberta Peters and Katherine Jackson, matriarch of the singing
Jackson family, both in 1930
- Guitarist Dick Dale in 1937
- Novelist Robin Coo, in 1940
- Editor/columnist George Will in 1941
- Singer Nickolas Ashford in 1942
- Sigmund Jackie Jackson, member of the Jackson 5, in 1951
- Oleta Adams in 1953 (
- Actor Pia Zadora in 1954
- Country singer Randy Travis in 1959
- Actress Ana Gasteyer in 1967
- Actor Will Arnett in 1970
- Sports reporter Erin Andrews in 1978
- Pop singer Lance Bass in 1979
- Professional golfer Rory McIlroy in 1989
Everyone have a Great Wednesday!
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