April 21, 2014

Good Morning!

Today is the birthday of John Muir (1838 – 1914) who said:

“When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.”

and

“The mountains are calling and I must go.”

and

“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn.”

Today is also the birthday of Alistair Maclean (1922 – 1987) who said:

“I am not a novelist, I'm a storyteller. There is no art in what I do. No mystique.”

It is also the birthday of John Mortimer (1923 – 2009) who said:

“The only rule I have found to have any validity is writing is not to bore yourself.”

Birthday greetings to Helen Prejean (1939 - ) who said:

“People are more than the worst thing they have ever done in their lives”

And to Iggy Pop (1947 - ) who said:

“They say that death kills you, But death doesn't kill you. Boredom and indifference kill you.”

Today is the birthday of Robert Smith (1959 - ) who sang:

“You

Soft and only

You

Lost and lonely

You

Strange as angels

Dancing in the deepest oceans

Twisting in the water

You're just like a dream”

Also to Glen Hansard (1970 - ) who sang:

“Well, you have suffered enough

And warred with yourself

It's time that you won

Take this sinking boat and point it home

We've still got time

Raise your hopeful voice,

you have a choice

You've made it now”