Tuesday, April 18, 2017

[1775 - Paul Revere, Samuel Prescott & William Dawes ride to warn
Adams, Hancock, and minutemen 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]
   
   
[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 the first US attack on Japan]

      
[1942 - (Karl) Jochen Rindt, Formula I auto Grand Prix champion, born in Mainz, Germany]

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

   
[1958 - Ezra Pound, poet, critic, is 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 people 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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