"Whan that Aprill with his shoures soote
The droghte of March hath perced to the roote..."
On this 12th day of April, a day in which freezing rain is blowing like the sands of time against my window pane, one might recall that it was on this day that the first confederate cannon fired on Fort Sumter and touched of the four year conflagration of the American Civil War.
Or that FDR died suddenly on this date in 1945 in Warm Springs, Georgia.
The Titanic was advised to beware of ice on this date as she steamed at a brisk 21 knots out into the cold Atlantic where other vessels were encountering icebergs all along the main shipping lane.
And on a Good Friday 39 years ago, when our nation was reeling from the assassination of Martin Luther King the week before, I was born in Norwalk Connecticut.
Things have been looking up, from my perspective at any rate, ever since.
Happy Belated, sir, and thanks for an endlessly fascinating blog. You are a oner. :-)
Posted by: Sissy Willis | April 15, 2007 at 02:11 PM
Happy birthday and best wishes for a great year, Tim. I'm a little late, but the thoughts are just as sincere as they would have been on time.
Posted by: Genevieve | April 15, 2007 at 11:21 AM
Thanks one and all for these well-wishes! Any day that is your birthday is a sunny one, whatever the weather may be doing.
Posted by: GreenmanTim | April 13, 2007 at 12:21 PM
Happy birthday Tim. In addition to Ganny, you share a birthday with Rachel Carson, who would have turned 100.
Posted by: Charlottesvillain | April 13, 2007 at 11:06 AM
And the midwife rose up to observe the babe she carried by the light of the moon's wee glow and scowled.
"Another one," she muttered, "Born to cause trouble by asking why."
And a blessed day it was. I drink the sacrament to you, Lismore still. But as is said: Next year in Lagavulin!" ^_^
--ml
Posted by: Martin Langeland | April 13, 2007 at 12:54 AM
Happy Day! I hope your life in the next 39 years will be as full and productive (and fun, of course!)
Posted by: Laura | April 12, 2007 at 11:14 PM
Happy Birthday, Tim!
Another coincidence! My sister Cheryl and our Aunt Emily both were born on
April 12th as well, but considerably earlier. I'll be posting about it as
soon as I find a picture she won't hate me for showing the world.
Posted by: Bill West | April 12, 2007 at 03:03 PM
Happy birthday, Tim!
You were born at a tough time for America. I'm sure, at the time, most people thought things would be better by now. At least you're doing your part to make the world a little better.
Posted by: Al Mollitor | April 12, 2007 at 09:06 AM