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
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
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
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
