Monday, July 18, 2005

[1811 - William Makepeace Thackeray, author, born in Calcutta, India]

[1906 - Clifford Odets, playwright, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]

[1914 - Joe Hill sentenced to death in Utah (later executed)]

[1918 - Start of the WW-1 Battle of Aisne-Marne]

[Aisne-Marne Cemetary]

Be Present

Writers live in the present because they know that something that is just about to happen may needs end up on the page.

[Aisne-Marne Memorial]

William's Whimsical Words:

Writers live in the present and soldiers die in it.

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