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Franklin bifocals Saturday, October 8, 2016

Chicago fire image    Chicago fire poster
[1871 - Legend has it Mrs. O'Leary's cow kicked over a lantern, starting the great Chicago fire]

Captain Eddie Rickenbacker   Captain Eddie Rickenbacker    Eddie Rickenbacker in his plane
[1890 - Eddie Rickenbacker, aviator, WW-I flying ace, Medal of Honor winner, born in Columbus, Ohio]

Author Walter Lord    Author Walter Lord    Author Walter Lord
[1917 - Walter Lord, author, born in Baltimore, Maryland]

Author Frank Herbert    Frank Herbert's Dune in German    Author Frank Herbert    Author Frank Herbert    Author Frank Herbert
[1920 - Frank Herbert, sci-fi writer, born in Tacoma, Washington]

Donald Kaufman    Toy Man Donald Kaufman & Wife
[1930 - Donald Lewis Kaufman, toy collector, retail mogul (K-B Toys), born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts]

Actress Claude Jade   Actress Claude Jade   Actress Claude Jade    Actress Claude Jade  Actress Claude Jade
[1948 - Claude Jade (Claude Marcelle Jorre), actress, born in Dijon, France]

Golden Boy Paul Hornung at work
[1961 - Paul Hornung sets Green Bay Packer record for points scored in a game (33)]


Pursuit of Sleep

Our path is sleep's courtship.
The very young fight her;
The very old embrace her.
Between, unsatisfied, we chase her.

At last we seduce her.
Then once she is ours,
Can't we just be friends?
Comes a night that never ends.


William's Whimsical Words:

Now I lay me down to sleep . . . .

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