Monthly Archives: June 2013

LitBirthdays June 2013 – Week 4

Posted on June 22, 2013 by

Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. My optimism, then, does not rest on the absence of evil, but on a glad belief in the preponderance of good and a willing … Continue reading →

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LitBirthdays June 2013 – Week 3

Posted on June 15, 2013 by

Oops, there goes another rubber tree plant.  (from lyrics to “High Hopes” by Sammy Cahn, born June 18) Frank Sinatra sings “High Hopes” June 15 Ibn-e-Insha (ابن انشاء) Ice Cube (O’Shea Jackson) Waylon Jennings June 16 Lamont Dozier Joyce Carol … Continue reading →

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LitBirthdays June 2013 – Week 2

Posted on June 8, 2013 by

At bedtime my mother would sing to us: “Ye are the stars in the heavens of understanding.” Anis Mojgani, poet (born June 13) June 8 Karin Alvtegen Tim Berners-Lee Sara Paretsky   June 9 André Juillard George Axelrod Cole Porter … Continue reading →

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LitBirthdays June 2013 – Week 1

Posted on June 1, 2013 by

June is audio book month June 1 Casper de Vries Mircea Cărtărescu Marie Knight Naguib Surur     June 2 Xiao Hong Dorothy West June 3 Rumer (Sarah Joyce) Pedro Mir (Irwin) Allen Ginsberg June 4 Jacques Roumain Margrit Schriber … Continue reading →

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