Sunday, April 18, 2010

   
[1775 - Paul Revere, Samuel Prescott & William Dawes ride from Boston to warn Adams and Hancock,
and rouse Patriot minutemen that British troops are coming to arrest them]

[1857 - Clarence Darrow, trial lawyer, born in
Kinsman, Ohio]

   
[1882 - Leopold Stokowski(Antoni Stanislaw Bolestawowicz), orchestra conductor, born in London]

   
[1904 - Dewey 'Pigmeat' Markham, comedian, actor, singer, born in Durham, North Carolina]

[1906 - Earthquake of 8.3 magnitude strikes San Francisco, followed by many fires]

   
[1918 - Tony Mottola, guitarist, composer, born in Kearny, New Jersey]

[1942 - USS Hornet launches Doolittle's Army bombers for first attack on Japan]

       
[1945 - Ernie Pyle, Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent, killed by Japanese machine-gun fire on island of Ie Shima, Okinawa]

   
[1958 - Ezra Pound, poet, critic, released by federal court after 13 years of government persecution]

He Ain't Heavy

Anger, revenge, and guilt are heavy burdens says Henry. Why do so many choose not to put them down and carry a child instead?

William's Whimsical Words:

Lugging around a thousand cravings is no picnic either.

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