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Volcanoes Be In Sicily

Volcanoes be in Sicily And South America I judge from my Geography – Volcanos nearer here A Lava step at any time Am I inclined to climb – A Crater I may contemplate Vesuvius at Home.

  – Emily Dickinson

2nd January – On This Day In History

Born:

1973 Chris Woodruff (tennis player)

  Died:

1977 Erroll Garner (pianist – Misty)

  On This Day:

1919 Lithuania gains independence

    Have a good Wednesday, 2nd January

The butterfly obtains But little sympathy Though favorably mentioned In Entomology –

Because he travels freely And wears a proper coat The circumspect are certain That he is dissolute –

Had he the homely scutcheon Of modest Industry ‘Twere fitter certifying For Immortality –

  – Emily Dickinson

1st January – On This Day In History

  Born:

1919 JD Salinger (author – Catcher In The Rye)

  Died:

1953 Hank Williams (country singer)

  On This Day:

1801 The Irish Parliament votes to join the United Kingdom (Great Britain and Ireland)

  Have a good Tuesday, 1st January

The Butterfly’s Assumption Gown

The Butterfly’s Assumption Gown In Chrysoprase Apartments hung This afternoon put on –

How condescending to descend And be of Buttercups the friend In a New England Town –

  – Emily Dickinson

31st December – On This Day In History

Born:

1937 Anthony Hopkins (actor – Silence Of The Lambs)

  Died:

2015 Natalie Cole (singer)

  On This Day:

1983 Brunei gains independence (from Britain)

  Have a good Monday, 31st December

The Spider As An Artist

The Spider as an Artist Has never been employed – Though his surpassing Merit Is freely certified

By every Broom and Bridget Throughout a Christian Land – Neglected Son of Genius I take thee by the Hand –

  – Emily Dickinson

30th December – On This Day In History

Born:

1865 Rudyard Kipling (author – Jungle Book)

  Died:

1970 Sonny Liston (boxer)

  On This Day:

1947 Romania declared a republic

  Have a good Sunday, 30th December

A Spider Sewed At Night

A Spider sewed at Night Without a Light Upon an Arc of White.

If Ruff it was of Dame Or Shroud of Gnome Himself himself inform.

Of Immortality His Strategy Was Physiognomy.

  – Emily Dickinson

29th December – On This Day In History

Born:

1972 Jude Law (actor – The Talented Mr Ripley)

  Died:

2012 Tony Greig (England cricket captain and commentator)

  On This Day:

1845 Texas admitted as the 28th State of the USA

  Have a good Saturday, 29th December

I Thought The Train Would Never Come

I thought the Train would never come – How slow the whistle sang – I don’t believe a peevish Bird So whimpered for the Spring – I taught my Heart a hundred times Precisely what to say – Provoking Lover, when you came Its Treatise flew away To hide my strategy too late To wiser be too soon – For miseries so halcyon The happiness atone –

  – Emily Dickinson

28th December – On This Day In History

Born:

1954 Denzel Washington (actor – St Elsewhere)

  Died:

1734 Rob Roy (Scottish hero)

  On This Day:

1846 Iowa becomes the 29th State of the USA

  Have a good Friday, 28th December

The Reticent Volcano Keeps

The reticent volcano keeps His never slumbering plan – Confided are his projects pink To no precarious man.

If nature will not tell the tale Jehovah told to her Can human nature not survive Without a listener?

Admonished by her buckled lips Let every babbler be The only secret people keep Is Immortality.

  – Emily Dickinson

27th December – On This Day In History

Born:

1822 Louis Pasteur (invented pasteurization) 

  Died:

2016 Carrie Fisher (actress – Star Wars)

  On This Day:

1943 The Scharnhorst (German battleship) sinks in the Barents Sea

  Have a good Thursday, 27th December

This Christmas I’ve been lucky, First time home in six long months, All these lovley presents I got, From my brother I got a lovley watch, From my parents I got a great hairdryer, Also a pair of boots all white.

From my sister am elephant Dumbo, From my chap a transistor radio Bimbo. So many presents are enough o make you weep, So many presents its all a really great treat, All my presents are…

26th December – On This Day In History

Born:

1986 Kit Harrington (actor – Game of Thrones)

  Died:

2001 Nigel Hawthorne (actor)

  On This Day:

1982 TIME announces that its Man Of The Year is a computer

  Have a good Wednesday, 26th December

How bright the Christmas lights Oh, I enjoy every single one Little elves are sparkling So busy and on the run

Santa Claus and sleigh Dazzling in the dark A beautiful assortment At homes or in the park

Brilliance across the water Little soldier standing guard Tree tall and magnificent Such activity in the yards

There is stillness in the air With the icy winter weather Amidst the sparkling lights A…